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Date:      Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:11:16 -0500
From:      Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com>
To:        Sven Esbjerg <esbjerg@xbsd.net>
Cc:        FreeBSD GNOME Users <gnome@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: utf8 xterm problems
Message-ID:  <1101676276.49651.7.camel@shumai.marcuscom.com>
In-Reply-To: <20041128210501.GA76115@esbjerg.name>
References:  <20041128210501.GA76115@esbjerg.name>

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On Sun, 2004-11-28 at 22:05 +0100, Sven Esbjerg wrote:
> I am having some problems with xterm started from the gnome-panel allways
> using utf8 as character set.
> I have created a user defined launcher on the panel with the following
> command:
> /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -fa monospace -fs 10
> and I have logged in via gdm using danish as the language.=20
> When I start an xterm from the panel it allways uses utf8. I have tried
> adding +lc to the command without luck. If I use +lc from an allready run=
ning
> xterm that uses utf8 it will adhere to my shell LANG which is iso-8859-1.=
=20
> I can also start an xterm with +lc from the run menu (Alt+F2) and get the
> iso-8859-1 character set.
>=20
> Is there a way to tell the gnome-panel to do the right thing?

The default character set used by GDM is always UTF-8 if it exists
(see /usr/X11R6/etc/gdm/locale.alias).  If you want a custom locale,
edit ~/.gnome2/gdm, and set lang equal to the locale you desire.  On
your next login, it should be set in gnome-panel.

Joe

>=20
> Sven Esbjerg
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