Hello, I have been using gnome-terminal for a while, and today I tried to find a way to change the default character encoding the terminal uses. I tried to do it before, but didn't make as much effort as today. I am surprised I can't find the way to do this, since I think this is a very natural feature for a terminal.
Other graphic terms I use much, like xterm and aterm, have the encoding set on command line. It should be sure that GT would have this acessible through its profile configuration dialogs. There is a menu to change the encoding for the default terminal, but I have to set it every session, for *every* terminal I open! I tend to use a single terminal screen for many hours, sometimes for the entire session I am using the computer. Until today I din't bother wasting time trying to find how to change the default encoding. I changed many other things, like the default font, the color, transparency of the terminal. Encoding isn't there. I found the threads below, on Gnome forums, that LC* enviroment variable maybe one solution. Not a good one, IMO. And not the best, for sure. And it could have some undesired side effects, if I understood well what was said. http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10749 http://gnomesupport.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=7717 I saw no other topics there, on this matter. So I think there really isn't a way to do this now. Do you agree that this should be fixed, or there is a reason for this "feature"? Regards, Dedeco _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
