| 11 | | Fri 09 Mar 2007 08:31:57 PM UTC, comment #6: |
| | 11 | I use a locale with UTF-8 character encoding, which is supported by |
| | 12 | the terminal I use (gnome-terminal). When I run mc on that |
| | 13 | configuration, the display appears distorted. It seems that it's |
| | 14 | because my non-ASCII file names have less characters than strlen() |
| | 15 | returns (there are several octets for some characters), and thus the |
| | 16 | frames don't get positioned in their appropriate columns. |
| | 17 | }}} |
| 13 | | Non-support of UTF-8 is a real problem for many server |
| 14 | | administrators. MC is the only capable text based file manager |
| 15 | | available for server administration over remote terminal access. |
| 16 | | Using the reduced character set mode ( mc -a ) is definitely a |
| 17 | | sub-optimal solution. It would be very helpful is this issue gets |
| 18 | | fixed. |
| 19 | | tony thedford <tonythed> |
| | 19 | Comment 1 by Egmont Koblinger <egmont> at Tue 30 Nov 2004 09:30:53 AM UTC: |
| | 20 | {{{ |
| | 21 | Take the patches from Fedora Core or SUSE. First for slang, |
| | 22 | and later for mc. Also convert the help and hint files to |
| | 23 | UTF-8. You'll have quite good (but not 100% bugless) UTF-8 |
| | 24 | support. Not only for filenames, but also for the viewer, |
| | 25 | editor... |
| | 26 | AFAIK these patches will be fed back to mainstream mc for |
| | 27 | the 4.7.x series. |
| | 28 | }}} |
| 21 | | Wed 20 Sep 2006 04:56:31 PM UTC, comment #5: |
| | 30 | Comment 2 by Itzchak Rehberg <izzysoft> at Wed 21 Sep 2005 10:14:43 AM UTC: |
| | 31 | {{{ |
| | 32 | I saw the UTF-8 problem addressed for the 4.7 branch, which probably |
| | 33 | is not to be expected in the really "near future". Since for |
| | 34 | multi-language requirements (German, English, Russian, Hebrew) I am |
| | 35 | depending on the UTF-8 environment, I would be more happy to see at |
| | 36 | least the filenames and editor issues addressed earlier (I can live |
| | 37 | with the English localization of the menus etc ;) |
| | 38 | As Egmont already wrote almost a year ago: There are patches |
| | 39 | available with the sources from Fedora and SuSE. For an experienced |
| | 40 | programmer, hence, it should not be too difficult to apply them? |
| | 41 | }}} |
| 23 | | Sorry, the Fedora URL was meant to be |
| 24 | | http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/source/SRPMS/ |
| 25 | | check the directory listing for the exact filename. |
| 26 | | Egmont Koblinger <egmont> |
| 27 | | Wed 20 Sep 2006 04:53:15 PM UTC, comment #4: |
| | 43 | Comment 3 by Miguel Pérez <wiseman1024> at Wed 20 Sep 2006 03:47:07 PM UTC: |
| | 44 | {{{ |
| | 45 | I've been using SuSE's mc for a year, dealing with files with |
| | 46 | non-ASCII characters (even CJK), as well as editing them and |
| | 47 | introducing these characters myself, without ever having a single |
| | 48 | problem. |
| 44 | | I've been using SuSE's mc for a year, dealing with files with |
| 45 | | non-ASCII characters (even CJK), as well as editing them and |
| 46 | | introducing these characters myself, without ever having a single |
| 47 | | problem. |
| | 70 | Comment 5 by Egmont Koblinger <egmont> at Wed 20 Sep 2006 04:56:31 PM UTC: |
| | 71 | {{{ |
| | 72 | Sorry, the Fedora URL was meant to be |
| | 73 | http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/core/development/source/SRPMS/ |
| | 74 | check the directory listing for the exact filename. |
| | 75 | }}} |
| 49 | | Can somebody post a link to the patches of SuSE or Fedora? I could |
| 50 | | try to apply them myself if I'm going to compile mc from source. |
| 51 | | Miguel Pérez <wiseman1024> |
| 52 | | Wed 21 Sep 2005 10:14:43 AM UTC, comment #2: |
| | 77 | Comment 6 by tony thedford <tonythed> at Fri 09 Mar 2007 08:31:57 PM UTC: |
| | 78 | {{{ |
| | 79 | Non-support of UTF-8 is a real problem for many server |
| | 80 | administrators. MC is the only capable text based file manager |
| | 81 | available for server administration over remote terminal access. |
| | 82 | Using the reduced character set mode ( mc -a ) is definitely a |
| | 83 | sub-optimal solution. It would be very helpful is this issue gets |
| | 84 | fixed. |
| | 85 | }}} |
| 54 | | I saw the UTF-8 problem addressed for the 4.7 branch, which probably |
| 55 | | is not to be expected in the really "near future". Since for |
| 56 | | multi-language requirements (German, English, Russian, Hebrew) I am |
| 57 | | depending on the UTF-8 environment, I would be more happy to see at |
| 58 | | least the filenames and editor issues addressed earlier (I can live |
| 59 | | with the English localization of the menus etc ;) |
| 60 | | As Egmont already wrote almost a year ago: There are patches |
| 61 | | available with the sources from Fedora and SuSE. For an experienced |
| 62 | | programmer, hence, it should not be too difficult to apply them? |
| 63 | | Itzchak Rehberg <izzysoft> |
| 64 | | Tue 30 Nov 2004 09:30:53 AM UTC, comment #1: |
| 65 | | |
| 66 | | Take the patches from Fedora Core or SUSE. First for slang, |
| 67 | | and later for mc. Also convert the help and hint files to |
| 68 | | UTF-8. You'll have quite good (but not 100% bugless) UTF-8 |
| 69 | | support. Not only for filenames, but also for the viewer, |
| 70 | | editor... |
| 71 | | AFAIK these patches will be fed back to mainstream mc for |
| 72 | | the 4.7.x series. |
| 73 | | Egmont Koblinger <egmont> |
| 74 | | Sat 28 Feb 2004 08:34:30 PM UTC, original submission: |
| 75 | | |
| 76 | | I use a locale with UTF-8 character encoding, which is supported by |
| 77 | | the terminal I use (gnome-terminal). When I run mc on that |
| 78 | | configuration, the display appears distorted. It seems that it's |
| 79 | | because my non-ASCII file names have less characters than strlen() |
| 80 | | returns (there are several octets for some characters), and thus the |
| 81 | | frames don't get positioned in their appropriate columns. |
| 82 | | }}} |
