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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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Sat, Jan 24, 2015 at 10:52:01AM -0700, Warner Losh wrote: > > > On Jan 24, 2015, at 7:33 AM, Baptiste Daroussin <bapt@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > After a bit of hacking on libedit it is now able to handle unicode inputs in a > > better way. At least good enough for /bin/sh to work normally in unicode > > environements. > > > > 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. > > > > https://reviews.freebsd.org/D1467 > > Do recent vintage Terms and its decedents handle UTF-8? If so, then that’s likely > a reasonable default change. From what I'm aware of all modern (including the good old xterm) do support UTF-8 correctly. > > 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 [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1 iEYEARECAAYFAlTD4AgACgkQ8kTtMUmk6EwbSwCfU4TCRlLhJ+ClHsPxrm+yttDh UG4An1oN8RT2xLvdhSE4vhVOtwRuPsGs =iX/Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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