Re: Vim accented characters in text based console

Hi Tony,

thank you very much for your help and time trying to help me.

Here are the results I got from vim.

In X, vim (not gvim which I don't use) returns:
encoding=latin1
termencoding=

lang: Current language:
"LC_CTYPE=pt_PT;
LC_NUMERIC=C;
LC_TIME=pt_PT;
LC_COLLATE=pt_PT;
LC_MONETARY=pt_PT;
LC_MESSAGES=pt_
PT;LC_PAPER=pt_PT;
LC_NAME=pt_PT;
LC_ADDRESS=pt_PT;
LC_TELEPHONE=pt_PT;
LC_MEASUREMENT=pt_PT;
LC_IDENTIFICATION=pt_PT"

keymap=
iminsert=0

Ctrl-V followed by 233 é

Ctrl-K then e then an apostrophe é
and if I key: Ctrl-K then e then the accent mark followed by a space I
get a é

In text console the results are the same.

Another information:
I tried pico text editor in X, and am able to use accented characters.
In text mode console, I can't. The symptoms are identical to vim's.
To use accented characters, I just have to press the accent first (ex.
') and the base character I want accented (like e).

So, I guess I have to check my Slackware system configuration instead of vim's.

Luis

2010/4/11 Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com>:
> On 10/04/10 11:23, Luis P. Mendes wrote:
>>
>> 2010/4/10 Tony Mechelynck<antoine.mechelynck@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> On 10/04/10 01:48, Luis P. Mendes wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I use Vim everyday, I could say at every hour :-)  in X graphical mode.
>>>> $ vim --version
>>>> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Aug 24 2009 20:12:41)
>>>> Included patches: 1-245
>>>>
>>>> I tried to use Vim with no X, in text base mode, but there was one
>>>> problem with accented characters. I could not use them and the ones
>>>> that where inserted before in graphical mode were like strange
>>>> characters.
>>>> Example:
>>>> ã with X, is ~a in text mode
>>>> the same with é -->    'e
>>>>
>>>> I checked LC_ALL and is defined to pt_PT in either situations.
>>>> What should I correct to be able to use Vim in text mode in my
>>>> Slackware 13 64 bits box?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Luis
>>>>
>>>
>>> There seems to be something weird in the way your terminal represents
>>> characters. What does bash answer to
>>>
>>>        echo -e '\0351'
>>>
>>> ? Mine replies with a reverse-video question mark because my terminal is
>>> in
>>> UTF-8; if yours is in Latin1 the reply ought to be é, but if it is 'e it
>>> shows that the terminal interprets é ->  'e after bash outputs it. (In a
>>> UTF-8 terminal, to get é you need echo -e '\xC3\xA9' but then your
>>> LC_CTYPE
>>> [or your LC_ALL, which overrides all other locale settings] should be
>>> pt_PT.utf8 .)
>>
>> I tried in both X and text console and the result is the same: 'é'
>> So, this must be a vim configuration issue, I presume.
>>
>> Luis
>>
>
> Hm. What does vim answer to
>
>        :verbose set enc? tenc?
>        :lang
>
> (I would expect encoding=Latin1, termencoding= (empty), no line saying where
> either of them was set, and all language values set to pt_PT. Anything else
> could put us on the right track.)
>
> Oh, and BTW, how do you type é in Vim? What happens in Insert mode when you
> hit Ctrl-V followed by 233 (two-three-three)? Or Ctrl-K then e then an
> apostrophe?
>
> Apostrophe-e sounds like a language-mapping set by the "accents" keymap. So:
>
>        :verbose setlocal keymap? imi?
>
> in the window where you see 'e instead of é and ~a instead of ã -- what does
> Vim say? And what does gvim say, which displays them correctly?
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> --
> It may be that your whole purpose in life is simply to serve as a
> warning to others.
>

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