Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 19:10:16 +0100 From: Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> To: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> Cc: arch@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: [RFC] Set the default locale to en_US.UTF-8 Message-ID: <20150124181016.GK81001@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> In-Reply-To: <F9220621-9248-46B6-9774-F53BE3EE6A35@bsdimp.com> References: <20150124143357.GI81001@ivaldir.etoilebsd.net> <F9220621-9248-46B6-9774-F53BE3EE6A35@bsdimp.com>
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--mGCtrYeZ202LI9ZG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:52:01AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: >=20 > > On Jan 24, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrot= e: > >=20 > > Hi, > >=20 > > After a bit of hacking on libedit it is now able to handle unicode inpu= ts in a > > better way. At least good enough for /bin/sh to work normally in unicode > > environements. > >=20 > > Given that vt handles properly unicode inputs. I would like to propose = that now > > we set the defaults locales on HEAD to en_US.UTF-8. > >=20 > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1467 >=20 > Do recent vintage Terms and its decedents handle UTF-8? If so, then that= =E2=80=99s likely > a reasonable default change. =46rom what I'm aware of all modern (including the good old xterm) do suppo= rt UTF-8 correctly. >=20 > Then again, I speak English, and the change does now explicitly specify a= language > which before defaulted to English. Maybe the bsdconfig can be tweak to allow the user to chose the default language? Best regards, Bapt --mGCtrYeZ202LI9ZG Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlTD4AgACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EwbSwCfU4TCRlLhJ+ClHsPxrm+yttDh UG4An1oN8RT2xLvdhSE4vhVOtwRuPsGs =iX/Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --mGCtrYeZ202LI9ZG--
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