Re: umlaut keys don't work in emacs but do in other x apps

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 22.01.2007 um 18:29 schrieb josh:

> josh wrote:
> > I just noticed this when I started emacs in the terminal (after  
> > setting
> > the LC variables):
> >
> > josh@om:~$ emacs &
> > [1] 899
> > josh@om:~$ Warning: locale not supported by Xlib, locale set to C
> >
> >
> > could this be the problem?
>
> this was the problem...don't know why, but for some reason the xlib
> didn't get updated when I updated to xorg 7.1, so it was the wrong
> version. after updating it works fine.

Fine, that it finally got solved in my absence!

I think you should also set LC_CTYPE to your usual locale. GNU Emacs  
then adapts itself much better and you can avoid to set-language- 
environment ...

--
Mit friedvollen Grüßen

  Pete

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the  
impurities in our air and water that are doing it."