I've found the solution to the problem (stupid me): I simply need to use an accentuated local (I've switched to en_US.ISO-8859-15). I was confused by the fact that, even with an un-accentuated local (C), emacs as well as gnome are able to handle accented characters. They just can't exchange accentuated text over X11...
However there does not seem to be any "intuitive" way to set a local inside gnome for users that don't want to use dpkg-reconfigure or to edit there login files (for instance in a multi-user install, where not every user is assumed to know debian). This would definitely be nice to have. Sorry for this a-bit-too-hasty bug report. Francois -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
