Search the FAQ Archives

3 - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M
N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z
faqs.org - Internet FAQ Archives

comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 2/7
Section - 34) How can I use characters above ASCII 127 in xterm ?

( Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Single Page )
[ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index | Restaurant inspections ]


Top Document: comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 2/7
Previous Document: 33) Where can I find the xterm control sequences?
Next Document: 35) Why are my xterm menus so small (sic) ?
See reader questions & answers on this topic! - Help others by sharing your knowledge

	In order to use special characters such as the o-umlaut, you need to
"stty pass8" (you may need "stty -parenb -istrip cs8" on strictly-POSIX
systems) but also to use a charcell ISO8859 font, such as
	XTerm*font:     -*-*-medium-r-normal-*-*-130-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1
	XTerm*boldfont: -*-*-bold-r-normal-*-*-130-*-*-c-*-iso8859-1 
[The family is intentionally unspecified in this example.]

In addition, you may want to set this in your shell:
	setenv LC_CTYPE iso_8859_1

	For a given character above 127, you can determine the key to use with
the Alt modifier by finding the equivalent character below 127 (try using `man
ascii`). For example, o-umlaut (v) is Alt-v and the section character (') is
Alt-'.

[thanks to Greg Holmberg (greg%thirdi@uunet.uu.net) and Stephen Gildea
(gildea@x.org); 6/92]

User Contributions:

Comment about this article, ask questions, or add new information about this topic:




Top Document: comp.windows.x Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) 2/7
Previous Document: 33) Where can I find the xterm control sequences?
Next Document: 35) Why are my xterm menus so small (sic) ?

Part1 - Part2 - Part3 - Part4 - Part5 - Part6 - Part7 - Single Page

[ Usenet FAQs | Web FAQs | Documents | RFC Index ]

Send corrections/additions to the FAQ Maintainer:
faq%craft@uunet.uu.net (X FAQ maintenance address)





Last Update March 27 2014 @ 02:12 PM