From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Fnx3u-00042b-G4 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 12:23:02 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with SMTP id k57CLOYi010192; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:21:24 GMT Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com (ug-out-1314.google.com [66.249.92.170]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k57CEPKW013996 for ; Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:14:26 GMT Received: by ug-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id s2so262860uge for ; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:14:25 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:date:to:subject:message-id:reply-to:references:mime-version:content-type:content-disposition:in-reply-to:user-agent:from; b=biHIjel8x2w6LqVrSdGEBAtPCZKXA5PAHkEZ6j7kP/uW/2/3vVPGuFvuo5E1dMxjUTIgeztGqHNLLZwVbgUo7IzUGMfgegotea4Vt6WUshF6sMu77WPAdZafkCynaUK/JmQcvnECb+rvtIq3T2i5f9ELxsXKHusT4KBxb9jEdAc= Received: by 10.66.250.17 with SMTP id x17mr438261ugh; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:14:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost ( [195.158.152.187]) by mx.gmail.com with ESMTP id h1sm810505ugf.2006.06.07.05.14.23; Wed, 07 Jun 2006 05:14:24 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:14:11 +0200 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Changing encoding in the terminal Message-ID: <20060607121411.GA4599@sven.gotdns.org> References: <20060607112747.97693.qmail@web27402.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060607112747.97693.qmail@web27402.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 From: Sven X-Archives-Salt: 7963c32d-4c15-4583-a41d-c97f2d61d556 X-Archives-Hash: 8a8683021db7d2c7a0963c0d7703a959 On Wed, Jun 07, 2006 at 01:27:47PM +0200, JC Denton wrote: > Hi! > > I have a problem. I am using mathplotlib but this program can only use the characters that I can use in the terminal. My system is in English but I need german characters. How can I change the encoding from > > current locale (ANSI_X3.4-1986) to UTF8 so that UTF8 is default? > > > Thanks! > See that /etc/locales.build has "de_DE.UTF-8/UTF-8" in it, and put LC_ALL="de_DE.UTF-8/UTF-8" into /etc/env.d/02locale (you may need to create it), env-update and relogin. Substitude de_DE for en_US if you don't want German translations. Also, next time, please consult the manual, the other docs on gentoo.org gentoo-wiki.com first ;) -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list