Bug 61682 - UTF8 console support for links
Bug#: 61682 Product:  Gentoo Linux Version: unspecified Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux Status: RESOLVED Severity: normal Priority: P2
Resolution: FIXED Assigned To: utf8@gentoo.org Reported By: ulanov@rt.mipt.ru
Component: Ebuilds
URL: 
Summary: UTF8 console support for links
Keywords:  
Status Whiteboard: 
Opened: 2004-08-25 12:35 0000
Description:   Opened: 2004-08-25 12:35 0000 
Links doesn't work properly with UTF-8 locale

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1.
2.
3.

------- Comment #1 From Sergey Ulanov 2004-08-25 12:36:39 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=38194) [details]
patch for links-2.1pre15

------- Comment #2 From Sergey Ulanov 2004-08-25 12:40:14 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=38195) [details]
ebuild for links with UTF-8 console support

------- Comment #3 From Sergey Ulanov 2004-08-25 12:52:22 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=38196) [details]
patch for UTF-8 I/O support in links-2.1pre15

With previous version of the patch, links was crashing when choosing language
other than English

------- Comment #4 From Sergey Ulanov 2004-08-25 12:58:13 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=38197) [details]
patch for UTF-8 I/O support in links-2.1pre15

oops, sorry, previous attachment actually was ebuild

------- Comment #5 From Sergey Ulanov 2004-08-25 13:16:14 0000 ------- 
Created an attachment (id=38199) [details]
patch for UTF-8 I/O support in links-2.1pre15

Oh sorry, previous version ot the patch was bad too, I hope that is last and
good one.
It is not easy to fix program with such ugly source

------- Comment #6 From Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) 2004-09-21 07:45:37 0000 ------- 
will add it soon, did you sent it upstream as well?

------- Comment #7 From Sergey Ulanov 2004-09-21 08:16:28 0000 ------- 
> did you sent it upstream as well?
No, i didn't. I found this patch for older version (2.1pre12) in archive of links-list and just fixed it for the latest version of links. Anyway this patch doesn't actually solves the problem, it is only a workaround. For example, you still can't see cyrillic and european letters at the same time.

------- Comment #8 From Heinrich Wendel (RETIRED) 2004-09-21 11:02:53 0000 ------- 
ok, added the patch :)