On 9/22/07, Jussi Peltola  wrote:

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> Filenames in foreign languages can sometimes be a little problematic,

> because Unix doesn't really have any standard on how to store them on

> disk - filenames are just byte arrays. Because a machine may have users

> with different locales this can make sharing files very difficult, so

> the desktop environments seem to be storing filenames in UTF-8 with no

> regard to the locale.

> GTK apps also look at the environment variable G_FILENAME_ENCODING,

> which you may want to define, but if memory serves me correctly it

> defaults to UTF-8 so with an UTF-8 locale you don't need to care.

>

> Are you sure .profile is sourced in your X session? Try checking the

> environment variables are set in an xterm.

I don't know what you mean by sourced, but when I type "set" xterm I see them.
> The command locale will also print out the locale settings, but I can't

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> remember if OpenBSD has one (I'm stuck on a painful mobile device so I

> can't check).

I don't  think it has one either. In any case I noticed that indeed

the two "sets" weren't really accepted by the system:
        perl: warning: Setting locale failed.

        perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:

        LC_ALL = (unset),

        LC_CTYPE = "he_IL.UTF-8",

        LC_COLLATE = "he_IL.UTF-8",

        LANG = (unset)

        are supported and installed on your system.

        perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").

        Can't resolve locale
> Do the filenames look ok if you ls them in an xterm?
OK, I checked that and they don't. They appear like gibberish and

question marks surrounded by circles. I guess this conforms to the

above perl warning. Maybe there just isn't a "he_IL.UTF-8" locale for

OpenBSD.
> HTH,

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> Jussi Peltola

>

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