[Gambas-user] NCURSES ACS_STERLING

[KKing]

on my dev machines any terminal tells me
     LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
also the intended units do not have X, and the local there is also
     LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
btw, I also get M-BM-* on those units with no X with gambas, works with 
pure C.


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The fact that you get M-BM-*  suggests [1] that your terminal does not 
handle UTF-8.
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if i CTL+Right Mouse click on XTerm I can see UTF-8 fonts is ticked?

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but just a Window.Print() with a UTF-8 encoded string should work
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so how should I for example do
     Window.Print("UK pound symbol: £")
differently to ensure it is UTF-8 encoded?

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It works here on Konsole, urxvt and xterm under en_US.utf8
locale (doesn't under C locale FWIW)
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I added Konsole, same issue as with xterm, LXTerm.  Though I am running 
en_GB.UTF-8

OTOH it does work under C either just keying it (with UK keyboard) or 
using the ACS constant....

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I could also add the ACS constants to gb.ncurses.
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That might be the most robust/reliable cross locale way forward?

K.