78479 2005-01-18 02:01 0000 XMLMind XML Editor (app-editors/xxe) fails to display special charecters when LANG is not set. 2005-01-25 11:47:48 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Ebuilds unspecified All Linux RESOLVED FIXED http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/user_faq.html#linuxlocale P2 minor --- 1 krueger@k-dns.de rizzo@gentoo.org krueger@k-dns.de 2005-01-18 02:01:24 0000 Problem: If the environmental variable LANG is not set the XML Editor will not display special characters like krueger@k-dns.de 2005-01-18 02:01:24 0000 Problem: If the environmental variable LANG is not set the XML Editor will not display special characters like äöüߧ. The saved output contains the entity � instead of the character. Steps to reproduce: - start the XMLEditor with no LANG set - type any special character - save the file - see the output reproduceable: always effected versions: up to xxe-2.8_p1 Solutions: - add warning to ebild or - enforce setting LANG before start; 'LANG="en_US" xxe' has been tested with German characters (and works) rizzo@gentoo.org 2005-01-25 10:37:07 0000 Is your LANG not set at all before-hand? Has this bug been reported upstream? krueger@k-dns.de 2005-01-25 11:30:12 0000 No, LANG was not set (fresh user account and no global setting). The problem is known, it's explained in the FAQ section of the developers website (-> http://www.xmlmind.com/xmleditor/user_faq.html#linuxlocale ). rizzo@gentoo.org 2005-01-25 11:47:48 0000 Thanks for the info. Note added to ebuild postinstall.