Utf8 unicode bash screen irssi - Revision history

Tykling: /* Screen / Irssi */

2012-10-04T09:47:53Z

Screen / Irssi

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	== Screen / Irssi ==		== Screen / Irssi ==
	I haven't touched my screen or irssi config to make this work. After bash got sorted it all just kindof worked. Specifically, I ''do not'' start screen with -U which I otherwise thought I had to, based on the following snippet from the screen man-page screen(1):		I haven't touched my screen or irssi config to make this work. After bash got sorted it all just kindof worked. Specifically, I '''do not''' start screen with -U which I otherwise thought I had to, based on the following snippet from the screen man-page screen(1):
	<pre>		<pre>
	-U Run screen in UTF-8 mode. This option tells screen that your ter-		-U Run screen in UTF-8 mode. This option tells screen that your ter-

Tykling: /* Screen / Irssi */

2012-10-04T09:47:39Z

Screen / Irssi

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	== Screen / Irssi ==		== Screen / Irssi ==
	I haven't touched my screen or irssi config to make this work. After bash got sorted it all just kindof worked. Specifically, I ~~didn~~'t start screen with -U which I otherwise thought I had to, based on the following snippet from the screen man-page screen(1):		I haven't touched my screen or irssi config to make this work. After bash got sorted it all just kindof worked. Specifically, I ''do not'' start screen with -U which I otherwise thought I had to, based on the following snippet from the screen man-page screen(1):
	<pre>		<pre>
	-U Run screen in UTF-8 mode. This option tells screen that your ter-		-U Run screen in UTF-8 mode. This option tells screen that your ter-

Tykling: /* Screen / Irssi */

2012-10-04T09:47:16Z

Screen / Irssi

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	== Screen / Irssi ==		== Screen / Irssi ==
	I haven't touched my screen or irssi config to make this work. After bash got sorted it all just kindof worked.		I haven't touched my screen or irssi config to make this work. After bash got sorted it all just kindof worked. Specifically, I didn't start screen with -U which I otherwise thought I had to, based on the following snippet from the screen man-page screen(1):
			<pre>
			-U Run screen in UTF-8 mode. This option tells screen that your ter-
			minal sends and understands UTF-8 encoded characters. It also sets
			the default encoding for new windows to `utf8'.
			</pre>

	= Clients =		= Clients =
	== PuTTy ==		== PuTTy ==
	When using PuTTy as SSH client I also go to Window -> Translation and set ''Received data assumed to be in which character set'' dropdown to '''UTF-8'''.		When using PuTTy as SSH client I also go to Window -> Translation and set ''Received data assumed to be in which character set'' dropdown to '''UTF-8'''.

Tykling at 09:39, 4 October 2012

2012-10-04T09:39:32Z

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	I am very fond of using irssi running in a screen as IRC client. I am on a wide range of IRC channels ranging from personal channels with friends to a bunch of opensource project channels. Some IRC channels I am in have a lot of UTF-8 content, for example #musicbrainz on Freenode.		I am very fond of using irssi running in a screen as IRC client. I am on a wide range of IRC channels ranging from personal channels with friends to a bunch of opensource project channels. Some IRC channels I am in have a lot of UTF-8 unicode content, for example #musicbrainz on Freenode.

	This page is how I remember what to configure to get UTF-8 working in irssi in screen on FreeBSD :)		This page is how I remember what to configure to get UTF-8 working in irssi in screen on FreeBSD :)

Tykling: moved Utf8 bash screen irssi to Utf8 unicode bash screen irssi

2012-10-04T09:39:17Z

moved Utf8 bash screen irssi to Utf8 unicode bash screen irssi

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Tykling: /* Bash */

2012-09-19T23:19:13Z

Bash

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	== Bash ==		== Bash ==
			First of all, the shell (of course). Bash needs to be sorted before anything else. If I cannot type in æøå into bash without weird sideeffects, I cannot expect it to work inside screen/irssi.

	The following lines in <code>~/.bash_profile</code> make bash behave properly with UTF-8:		The following lines in <code>~/.bash_profile</code> make bash behave properly with UTF-8:
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	</pre>		</pre>

	With a properly configured SSH client (see below), this is all I need to be able to enter Danish characters or paste UTF-8 text from wikipedia.		With a properly configured SSH client (see below), this is all I need to be able to enter Danish characters (or paste arabic or chinese UTF-8 text from wikipedia) into bash. Not that that in itself is very useful, but still :)

	== Screen / Irssi ==		== Screen / Irssi ==

Tykling: /* Background */

2012-09-19T23:15:49Z

Background

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	I am very fond of using irssi running in a screen as IRC client. I am on a wide range of IRC channels ranging from personal channels with friends to a bunch of opensource project channels. Some IRC channels I am in have a lot of UTF-8 content, for example #musicbrainz on Freenode.		I am very fond of using irssi running in a screen as IRC client. I am on a wide range of IRC channels ranging from personal channels with friends to a bunch of opensource project channels. Some IRC channels I am in have a lot of UTF-8 content, for example #musicbrainz on Freenode.

	This page is how I remember what to configure to get UTF-8 working on FreeBSD :)		This page is how I remember what to configure to get UTF-8 working in irssi in screen on FreeBSD :)

	== Bash ==		== Bash ==

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2012-09-19T20:51:32Z

Created page with "= Background = I am very fond of using irssi running in a screen as IRC client. I am on a wide range of IRC channels ranging from personal channels with friends to a bunch of ..."

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= Background =
I am very fond of using irssi running in a screen as IRC client. I am on a wide range of IRC channels ranging from personal channels with friends to a bunch of opensource project channels. Some IRC channels I am in have a lot of UTF-8 content, for example #musicbrainz on Freenode.

This page is how I remember what to configure to get UTF-8 working on FreeBSD :)

== Bash ==
The following lines in <code>~/.bash_profile</code> make bash behave properly with UTF-8:
<pre>
export LC_ALL=da_DK.UTF-8
export LANG=da_DK.UTF-8
</pre>

With a properly configured SSH client (see below), this is all I need to be able to enter Danish characters or paste UTF-8 text from wikipedia.

== Screen / Irssi ==
I haven't touched my screen or irssi config to make this work. After bash got sorted it all just kindof worked.

= Clients =
== PuTTy ==
When using PuTTy as SSH client I also go to Window -> Translation and set ''Received data assumed to be in which character set'' dropdown to '''UTF-8'''.