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Hi, i supposely configured my debian etch for de_DE, but login into a BSD server and opening a file with vi shows german characters like \xfc \xe4 \xf6 etc. What ...
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    Debian i18n: what is wrong here?

    Hi,
    i supposely configured my debian etch for de_DE, but login into
    a BSD server and opening a file with vi shows german characters
    like \xfc \xe4 \xf6 etc.
    What is missing?

    ------- Client machine: Etch ------------
    # env
    LC_MESSAGES=de_DE@euro
    LANG=de_DE@euro
    LC_CTYPE=de_DE@euro
    # cat ~/.profile
    export LANG="de_DE.ISO-8859-1"
    SHELL=/bin/bash
    # cat /etc/sysconfig/i18n
    LANG="de_DE"

    -------- server machine: FBSD -------------
    # env
    SHELL=/bin/csh
    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.ISO8859-15
    LESSCHARSET=latin1


    Thanx for any tip ...

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    if I understand you correctly you're trying to read german chars on a BSD server ?

    in that case the BSD server also needs the de_DE locale for the chars to show up correctly, judging by the info you gave the BSD server has normal en_US locales...

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    ok, now the BSD server has de_DE in ~/.login_conf
    and in ~/.cshrc.

    BSD SERVER# env
    LANG=de_DE.ISO8859-1
    LC_MESSAGES=en_US.ISO8859-15
    LANG=de_DE.ISO8859-1
    LESSCHARSET=latin1


    But the problem persists. (???)

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    Hrm, weird, maybe you can try changing LC_MESSAGES on the BSD server from en_US to de_DE too ?

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    Hrm, weird, maybe you can try changing LC_MESSAGES on the BSD server from en_US to de_DE too ?
    ye, but it doesnt help as well

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