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Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:20:02 -0400 (EDT)
From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha AT cs DOT nyu DOT edu>
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To: "Andrew B. Clegg" <september2003 AT nervechannel DOT nildram DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: ncurses line drawing characters terminfo problem?
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On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Andrew B. Clegg wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, Charles Wilson wrote:
>
> > >>Try adding "codepage:oem" to your CYGWIN environment variable.  See
> > >><http://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/using-cygwinenv.html> for details.  This
> > >>setting is effective for each individual process, so you can set it in the
> > >>shell just before you run the tests.
> > >
> > > That works for console windows but not for rxvt, strangely -- it's a start
> > > though, thanks.
> >
> > Now, set TERM=rxvt-cygwin-native  (for "windows-mode" rxvt) or
> > TERM=rxvt-cygwin   (for "X11" rxvt).
>
> No joy :(
>
> Still looks the same (accented chars rather than line art) with
> TERM=rxvt-cygwin-native regardless of whether I have codepage:oem set or
> not.
>
> Are there any config files I could attach that would help debug this? I
> haven't, AFAIK, messed with my terminfo at all.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.

Andrew,

You also have to make sure the font you set up rxvt with actually has
those characters...  Unfortunately, as I don't normally use rxvt, I'm not
the best person to tell you which fonts to use.
	Igor
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