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== Question ==
Does the shell provide Unicode support?
= Unicode =
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== Answer ==
Yes. Both for commandline programs and for webpages.
'''Question/Problem''': Are you having problems with character encodings?
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=== Problem #1 - Commandline programs ===
Localized characters doesn't display correctly in irssi, nano etc (they are replaced with questionmarks, squares or something similar.)
'''Answer/Fix''': Try using Unicode/UTF-8.

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Commandline programs ==
Localized characters doesn't display correctly in irssi, nano etc (they are replaced with question marks, squares or something similar.)
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Write this command at the shell prompt Write this command at the shell prompt (you don't need to do this if you already choose UTF-8 in the shell setup):
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echo 'export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"' >> ~/.bashrc}}} echo 'export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"' >> ~/.profile}}}
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To use unicode in irssi, type this in the command prompt in irssi: For irssi, see [[FAQ/IrssiCharset]].
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{{{
/set term_charset UTF-8}}}
Use this command if you want to send text in another charset to other users that are still using ISO for example:
== Problem #2 - Webpages ==
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{{{
/set recode_out_default_charset iso-8859-1}}}
Remember that you have to change the charset in your SSH-client aswell! Use the translation option in putty for example.

=== Problem #2 - Webpages ===

Characers in webpages doesn't display correctly.
Characters in webpages doesn't display correctly.
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== See Also ==

 * [[FAQ/IrssiCharset|UTF in irssi]]
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 ["CategoryFAQ"]  [[CategoryFAQ]]

Unicode

Question/Problem: Are you having problems with character encodings?

Answer/Fix: Try using Unicode/UTF-8.

Commandline programs

Localized characters doesn't display correctly in irssi, nano etc (they are replaced with question marks, squares or something similar.)

Solution:

Write this command at the shell prompt (you don't need to do this if you already choose UTF-8 in the shell setup):

echo 'export LC_ALL="en_US.UTF-8"' >> ~/.profile

Next time you log in your shell will be in unicode.

For irssi, see FAQ/IrssiCharset.

Problem #2 - Webpages

Characters in webpages doesn't display correctly.

Solution:

Save the webpages in UTF-8 from your text-editor. Then create a new file named .htaccess in the same directory as your webpages (public_html) with the following content:

AddDefaultCharset UTF-8

See Also