From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: accented characters in an xterm Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:15:08 +0200 (IST) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040019423 30638 80.91.224.249 (16 Dec 2002 06:17:03 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 06:17:03 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18NoYm-0007xl-00 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 07:17:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18NoXe-0004Al-06 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 01:15:50 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18NoXL-00047g-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 01:15:31 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18NoXH-00047P-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 01:15:30 -0500 Original-Received: from is.elta.co.il ([199.203.121.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18NoXF-0003u7-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 01:15:26 -0500 Original-Received: from is (is [199.203.121.2]) by is.elta.co.il (8.9.3/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA05574 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 08:15:09 +0200 (IST) X-Sender: eliz@is Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:4683 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4683 On 15 Dec 2002, Dan Hitt wrote: > If i want to enter an a with an accent mark over it, i can type > control-x 8 ' a. > > Although this always seems to have the same behavior in terms > of what gets in a file---the byte 0x81 followed by the byte 0xe1--- > what gets displayed is sensitive to how i'm accessing the xterm. > > I'm not sure what the pattern is, but, for example, if i'm connected > via kermit, i just get a question mark displayed. Or if i'm > connected via ssh to another host, i may just get a question mark. > But on the other hand, i can ssh from host A to B, then from that > session ssh from B to A, then run emacs, and in the double-ssh > environment, get the correct display, but not get the right display > going in a single ssh session. Does it help to say "C-x RET t latin-1 RET"?