Re: changing the LANG setting so that man pages worky

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On Mon, Oct 21, 2002 at 03:31:02PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote:
 
> I already know that setting LANG=C will get me man pages in
> an xterm that show the hyphens.  the question is: is this the
> acceptable hack for this, and where is the most appropriate
> place for this setting?

You can also get correct man pages in an xterm by starting the xterm
as follows: 'xterm -fa mono -fs 14' (instead of mono you can use other
freetype fonts). Then you don't have to change LANG.
Xterm under psyche mostly supports unicode. 
  
> just curious about what's the best/safest approach for this.  will
> changing LANG have any adverse effects on anything else?

I am also interested in a comprehensive answer to this.


Alexander



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