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Bug 339008 - gnome-terminal default encoding need to be changed in GDM
gnome-terminal default encoding need to be changed in GDM
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 108711
Product: gnome-terminal
Classification: Core
Component: general
2.14.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: GNOME Terminal Maintainers
GNOME Terminal Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2006-04-19 11:52 UTC by Max Gilead
Modified: 2006-04-29 11:59 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14


Description Max Gilead 2006-04-19 11:52:16 UTC 
Gnome-terminal has a nice Terminal->Set Character Encoding  menu which has two
non-removable entries: ANSI_X3.4-1968 and UTF-8. Problem is that there is no way
to change which of these two is the actual default used by the terminal.
Gnome-terminal ignores all user settings like LANG or LC_CTYPE and provides no
UI way to change the default instead relying on some mysterious 'Current
Locale'. This 'Current Locale' thing is in fact language chosen in GDM when
logging. I believe gnome-terminal should:
1) not rely on GDM configuration (why would it?)
2) respect LANG and LC_CTYPE settings (rule of least surprise)
3) provide option to change default encoding using GUI (for non-advanced users)


Other information:
I had to change GDM language from 'Default' (why it's not *my* LANG is another
question) to 'English (US)'. My LANG is en_US.UTF-8.
Comment 1 Olav Vitters 2006-04-29 11:59:26 UTC 
It does respect the locale settings as it is set by GDM or whatever.

Anyway, having this in the profile is bug 108711, duping.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 108711 ***