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Re: console vs ^X

2009/9/29 Corinna Vinschen:
> On Sep 29 12:28, Andy Koppe wrote:
>> Trying the latest DLL with Corinna's patches (thanks!), I noticed the
>> following issue in the console.
>>
>> With the charset configured to something other than UTF-8, if you
>> press a key that isn't in that charset, the console will send a
>> ^X-UTF8 sequence. ^X is special to readline though, hence weird
>> effects might ensue.
>
> On output?

No, on input. For example, invoke the shell with LANG=CP1251, press
'Ã', and the console will send ^X followed by the UTF-8 for 'Ã' to the
shell.

Andy
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