* Martin Jerabek grml@xstnz.fastmail.fm [20061206 17:15]:

When using a UTF-8 locale, grml0.9rc2 suggests during boot to use "filterm - dynafont" to enable UTF-8 output on the console. This works fine with several programs I tested (e.g. more, vim) but not with "less" (or "most"). This is annoying because it makes it impossible to view manpages since man uses less as its pager by default. When trying to view manpages in a UTF-8 locale without filterm, special characters such as "fancy" quotes are not displayed correctly, of course.

ACK

The effect when using less with "filterm - dynafont" is that the console is switched back to its default grml font and less hangs. It has to be killed to be able to proceed. A simple test to show this behavior while LANG=en_US.UTF-8 is set:

% filterm - dynafont % less ...Only ^C can stop less

Instead of calling less directly, try to view any manpage:

% filterm - dynafont % man find Reformatting find(1), please wait... ...stuck...

I am sure this is a problem of filterm but since filterm seems to be the recommended way to do UTF-8 output in grml0.9, it is also grml's problem.

I'm aware of the fact that filterm is not really a fine solution. Checking out unicode stuff for console in more detail is on my todolist. Thanks for reporting!

regards, -mika-