Re: detect the charset used by the os
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- Subject: Re: detect the charset used by the os
- From: Sam Roberts <vieuxtech@...>
- Date: 2010年2月27日 12:41:45 -0800
On Sat, Feb 27, 2010 at 10:56 AM, JM Fernandez <elcubion@gmail.com> wrote:
> 'less' is not a possibility (?) because some strings
> are internal ones.
How is that a problem?
Use io.popen(), and write the string to less's stdin. Or write it to a
tmpfile, even.
Terminal independent internationalized i/o isn't particularly easy, or
fun. If its really important to your app, more than your time, then
you might start with this:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html#activate
Terminals are usually used through libraries like curses, ncurses, or
slang that use the terminfo DB. You might find bindings.
Cheers,
Sam