slrn + screen for Japanese

William Park opengeometry-FFYn/CNdgSA at public.gmane.org
Mon Feb 23 23:04:54 UTC 2004


On Mon, Feb 23, 2004 at 05:28:07PM -0500, Noah John Gellner wrote:
> I am using slrn as my newsreader and I would like to read
> Japanese newsgroups.
> 
> I am using ja_JP.UTF-8 for my LC_CTYPE. However, the Japanese
> newsgroups are not readable.
> 
> I was unable to create ja_JP.SJIS or .EUC locales using localedef.
> 
> If necessary, I am happy to switch newsreaders, but I cannot use X.

If X is not an option, then it's very difficult (ie. no can do).  You
need "Japanese xterm" that can display multibyte codes.  

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