From 2c4b913d13e66886560b777fce8911d2825517f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: jacob Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2002 11:51:21 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] faq-rh8-utf8: Problems with Red Hat 8.0 and UTF-8 git-svn-id: svn://svn.tartarus.org/sgt/putty@2327 cda61777-01e9-0310-a592-d414129be87e --- doc/faq.but | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/faq.but b/doc/faq.but index 914f5aa5..4c62927d 100644 --- a/doc/faq.but +++ b/doc/faq.but @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.39 2002/11/22 00:07:31 ben Exp $ +\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.40 2002/12/15 11:51:21 jacob Exp $ \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ @@ -766,6 +766,25 @@ key in the wrong format isn't optimal. To connect using SSH 2 to a server that supports both versions, you need to change the configuration from the default (see \k{faq-ssh2}). +\S{faq-rh8-utf8}{Question} When I'm connected to a Red Hat Linux 8.0 +system, some characters don't display properly. + +A common complaint is that hyphens in man pages show up as a-acute. + +With release 8.0, Red Hat appear to have made UTF-8 the default +character set. There appears to be no way for terminal emulators such +as PuTTY to know this (as far as we know, the appropriate escape +sequence to switch into UTF-8 mode isn't sent). + +A fix is to configure sessions to RH8 systems to use UTF-8 +translation - see \k{config-charset} in the documentation. (Note that +if you use \q{Change Settings}, changes may not take place immediately +- see \k{faq-resetterm}.) + +If you really want to change the character set used by the server, the +right place is \c{/etc/sysconfig/i18n}, but this shouldn't be +necessary. + \H{faq-secure} Security questions \S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and -- 2.11.0