character encoding: Windows XP vs Linux
Carlo Orecchia
carlo at numb.darktech.org
Thu Sep 30 17:12:07 UTC 2004
On Thu, 30 Sep 2004, Jean Morissette wrote:
> Your tip work well. Thank for your help!
>
> Carlo Orecchia wrote:
>> On Wed, 29 Sep 2004, Jean Morissette wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> When I transfert files from my girlfriend Windows XP computer to my Linux
>>> FC2 computer, I cannot read the files names properly from my Linux.
>>> Specials chacarters like é à è are remplaced with a white space. Can you
>>> help me or do I have to change my girlfriend? ;-)
>>> Thank
>>> Jean
>>> PS: My variable $LANG is equal to fr_CA.UTF-8.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> edit /etc/sysconfig/i18n
>>
>> and try using fr_CA only without UTF-8:
>> check if under SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en ...etc " you have also the
>> fr_CA without .UTF-8
>>
>> then change LANG to
>>
>> LANG="fr_CA"
>>
>> leave all the rest unchanged and then reboot
>>
>> this is my file so you can understand better what i mean
>>
>> LANG="en_US"
>> SUPPORTED="en_US.UTF-8:en_US:en"
>> SYSFONT="latarcyrheb-sun16"
>>
>>
>
>
nice .. you're welcome :))
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Dott. Carlo Orecchia
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