Hi, go to the menubar: "Terminal" -> "Set encoding" (it could be named otherwise, my terminal is non-english). Its the 3rd from top.
Stefan Dedeco wrote: > 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 _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
