From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: hitt@panix.com (Dan Hitt) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: accented characters in an xterm Date: 16 Dec 2002 04:48:51 -0500 Organization: PANIX -- Public Access Networks Corp. Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1040032404 2445 80.91.224.249 (16 Dec 2002 09:53:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:53:24 +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 18NrwA-0000dA-00 for ; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 10:53:22 +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 18Nrta-0007ge-0C for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 16 Dec 2002 04:50:42 -0500 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!panix!panix1.panix.com!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 36 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: panix1.panix.com Original-X-Trace: reader1.panix.com 1040032131 25920 166.84.1.1 (16 Dec 2002 09:48:51 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@panix.com Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:48:51 +0000 (UTC) Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:108156 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:4685 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:4685 Hi Eli, Thanks for your post. Your solution (C-x RET t latin-1 RET) works like a chamr for all the ssh cases i have, but it doesn't work for kermit---although it is an improvement for kermit, because at least the ? changes to a character (but without the accent mark). dan In article , Eli Zaretskii wrote: > >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"? > >