Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2016 22:44:01 +0000 From: bugzilla-noreply@freebsd.org To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: [Bug 208966] [patch] man(groff) not supporting (pl_PL.)UTF-8 input Message-ID: <bug-208966-8@https.bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/>
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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=208966 Bug ID: 208966 Summary: [patch] man(groff) not supporting (pl_PL.)UTF-8 input Product: Base System Version: 10.3-RELEASE Hardware: Any OS: Any Status: New Keywords: easy, patch Severity: Affects Some People Priority: --- Component: bin Assignee: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Reporter: cocsackie@gmail.com `Man` uses `groff`, which is accepting only ascii as input - for example UTF-8 characters are not displayed correctly. Current version of `groff` is 1.19.2, which doesn't support -k, -K and -D flags. Those flags are supported by `groff` version 1.22.3 located in ports. Flags mentioned use `preconv` to escape characters from the outside of ascii. `Preconv` is already present in the FreeBSD. How-To-Repeat: 1. create man page inside localized man directory MANPATH/pl.UTF-8/man1/manproblem.1.gz with polish letters (ęóąśłżźćń) 2. Properly setup locale, fonts, keyboardmapping, etc. export LANG=pl_PL.UTF-8 3. Show man page: man manproblem Proposed solutions: 1. Use newer version of `groff` and update `man` script (-D flag says to use `preconv` as preprocessor to `groff` as well as specifies input encoding - this was already proposed option in linked bug issue): 333c333 < NROFF="$NROFF -D$nroff_dev -T$nroff_dev" --- > NROFF="$NROFF -T$nroff_dev" 2. Use `preconv` as preprocessor and update `man` script (doesn't require to use port version of `groff`): 333c333 < NROFF="$NROFF -T$nroff_dev" --- > NROFF="$PRECONV -D$nroff_dev | $NROFF -T$nroff_dev" 941a942 > PRECONV=preconv -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug.
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