Subject: Re: [htdig] Htdig with geramn umlaut under slackware
From: Gilles Detillieux (grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca)
Date: Wed Nov 29 2000 - 14:46:06 PST
According to jdong:
> i have installed Htdig under slackware 7.0 and configured as german
> version. in htdig.conf:
> locale: de_DE
> lang_dir: ${common_dir}/german
> bad_word_list: ${lang_dir}/bad_words
> endings_affix_file: ${lang_dir}/german.aff
> endings_dictionary: ${lang_dir}/german.0
> endings_root2word_db: ${lang_dir}/root2word.db
> endings_word2root_db: ${lang_dir}/word2root.db
> were added und files bad_words,german.aff and german.0 are copied under
> those directory. Everything is goning ok. Htdig can find every words
> except german umlaut such as ä (ä) ...
>
> my Linux Slackware was installed as german version, wenn i tip
> locale -a in command line:
> >locale -a
> ..
> de
> deutsch
> de_DE
>
> Whatever i set LANG and LC_CTYPE = de_DE or de or deutsch, htdig is
> always no search funktion with german umlaut. But same htdig installed
> under Linux SUSE 6.2 und same configured there is no problem with
> german umlaut.
>
> I don't known how can i configure slackware locale and resolve this
> problem?
I believe there are still problems with locale support on Slackware Linux
systems. See the thread entitled "Portuguese" from this past May:
http://www.htdig.org/mail/2000/05/index.html#61
I never did get a followup message from Rodrigo indicating whether he had
found a solution, but you may want to try the tips I gave him.
-- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <grdetil@scrc.umanitoba.ca> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930------------------------------------ To unsubscribe from the htdig mailing list, send a message to htdig-unsubscribe@htdig.org You will receive a message to confirm this. List archives: <http://www.htdig.org/mail/menu.html> FAQ: <http://www.htdig.org/FAQ.html>
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