Hi Robert!
> i can't figure out how to view the utf-8 docs --
> i set LANG=pt_BR.UTF-8 and run maxima / clisp in konsole,
> but special characters are goofed up.
> how is UTF-8 supposed to work?
Before seeing any special UTF-8 chars in Maxima
you have to make sure that your console
is UIF-enabled. The righteous UNIX way to do so is:
1. Start your favorite console program in UTF-8
locale
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 <console>
Where <console> is xterm, aterm, konsole and so on
provided that this version of <console> understand UTF-8
and you have appropriate UTF-8 fonts in the system.
You may test UTF-8 by running
cat test-utf.txt
in this <console>.
Small file test-utf.txt contains word Index
in Portuguese and Spanish in UTF-8 -- I'ndice.
Very first char is special -- I-prime.
2. Now start Maxima in this <console> and enjoy
special characters. Setting LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 is no
longer required on this stage.
Hope this helps.
Best wishes,
Vadim
--
Vadim V. Zhytnikov
<vvzhy at mail.ru>
<vvzhy at netorn.ru>
Attached file: test-utf.txt
Attached file: test-iso.txt