On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Matthias Klose wrote: > Joey Hess writes: > > Package: libreadline4 > > Version: 4.2a-2 > > > > Johann Spies wrote: > > > I have further information: Typing in vim the compose key works, but > > > not in bash. I can thus type ëê etc in vim, but not in bash. > > > > > > Any ideas on how to solve it? > > > > I have the same problem, so it would seem that this is a problem > > specific to bash, or to readline. Hmm, it's readline, the compose key > > fails in other programs that use readline as well, producing just a beep > > no matter what character I try to input (I tried ¡, ä, á, ß, etc). It > > works fine in zsh, vim, xchat (gtk), etc. This is in an xterm. > > yes, it is specific. See /etc/inputrc. convert-meta has to be turned > off.
Or better: Set LANG to an appropriate value and make sure it is supported by /etc/locale.gen if you are using woody.
