[Newbies] Re: Dead keys on Ubuntu

[Fahr Jahrel]

Wow! That did it. Thank you so much, Hilaire.

Cheers,

Fahr

On 8/5/07, Hilaire Fernandes <hilaire at ofset.org> wrote:
> It seems dead key is not working with utf-8 encoding from the linux
> host. What we have found is to force to iso8859-1 before starting the VM
>
> See some details at (use google to translate if needed):
> http://community.ofset.org/wiki/Squeak_sur_GNU-Linux#Caract.C3.A8res_accentu.C3.A9s_avec_Ubuntu_Dapper_Drake
>
> Hilaire
>
> Fahr Jahrel a écrit :
> > Hello, all--
> >
> > I've been trying unsuccessfully for some hours to make my Squeak image
> > accept diacritical characters under Ubuntu 7.04. I've tried all
> > possible combinations of the -textenc, -encoding, and LC_CTYPE options
> > I could but none worked. The diacritical characters either don't
> > display or display incorrectly.
> >
> > Ironically, if I run Squeak via Wine, the diacritical characters
> > display correctly.
> >
> > Any help pointing me to the right direction would be appreciated.
> >
> > My system configuration today is:
> >
> > Distro: Ubuntu 7.04
> >
> > Squeak:
> >
> > 3.9-8 #5 Tue Oct 10 11:56:09 PDT 2006 gcc 4.0.3
> > Squeak3.9alpha of 4 July 2005 [latest update: #7021]
> > Linux ubuntu 2.6.15-27-386 #1 PREEMPT Sat Sep 16 01:51:59 UTC 2006
> > i686 GNU/Linux
> > default plugin location: /usr/local/lib/squeak/3.9-8/*.so
> >
> > Image:
> >
> > Tried with the vanilla 7067 image, the lasted squeak-dev image, and
> > even Ramon Leon's image. :-)
> >
> > Any help is appreaciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Fahr
>
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