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On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 08:43:09AM +0100, I said:
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> GAH GAH GAH GAH!
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> bloody mail clients.
Right, found in /tmp/mutt-{mumble}.
Following simple but convoluted instructions my linux machines are all
now fully UTF-8 aware.
HUZZAH!
99% of my Linux time is spent using screen for IRC and mail. Yes, that's
right! That makes me seem really sad but, ask yourself, would someone
who was *that* sad be sitting inside on a gorgeous summer's evening
typing hate filled bile into the internet whilst sucking back on a
bottle of Sauer Apfelkorn in an attempt to blot the hollow, empty
existence of his life out? Would he?
Now that I come to think of it - please, don't answer that.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaanyway. So, sometimes, like now, I'm using the my
housemate's Windows machine (Dear Laptops, why do you *all* of
you die in the same week that I get a tax bill? Luv Simon xxx) and I'm
using Putty.
Putty - fast, small, efficent.
It just seems to work and, as long as you work out the Windows pathing
madness (or just stick it in C:\Windows\System32) it works from the
command line or Run box.
Hurrah.
But ... remember I said I'd got UTF8 working. And how that meant all the
friends who send me stuff in UTF8 like, err, Russian Spammers, get
displayed properly even in mutt and screen? Remember that?
Well it doesn't work in Putty. Not until I left click on the icon in
the top left hand corner of the window (WTF?), click on Change Settings
-> Window -> Translation and switch to UTF8.
Ok, at least I can eventually do it though. Right? Right?!
Does it remember it the next time I fire up a session? Does it sweaty
bollocks floating down the river Cam.
I'm pretty sure that now someone is going to tell me a way to do this. I
will be grateful but will point out (using a paired set of Bludgeoning
Clubs[tm] if necessary) that presuming such a thing *is* possible I've
yet to find it in 5 years of using Putty.
Right, where's that other bottle of German booze?
There's stuff above here
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