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2004-12-02 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>

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* cygserver.sgml: Cleanup minor markup problem.
        * how-resources.texinfo: Add man and info to documentation FAQ
        * how-using.texinfo: Add more detail to Unicode FAQ.
        * install.texinfo: Finally apply Pierre's patch from 2003-03-03.
        * relnotes.texinfo: Add note about hyperthreading reports.
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@@ -337,26 +337,36 @@ Finally, you can simply @samp{cat} the file to the printer's share name:
You may need to press the formfeed button on your printer or append the
formfeed character to your file.
@subsection Why don't international (8-bit) characters work?
@subsection Why don't international (Unicode) characters work?
Before you can type international characters (<28><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>) in bash, you must
add the following lines to your @code{~/.inputrc} file:
Internationalization is a complex issue. The short answer is that
Cygwin is not Unicode-aware, so things that might work in Linux will
not necessarily work on Cygwin. However, some things do work. To type
international characters (<28><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>) in @code{bash}, add the following
lines to your @code{~/.inputrc} file and restart @code{bash}:
@example
set meta-flag on
set convert-meta off
set output-meta on
set input-meta on
set kanji-code sjis
set meta-flag on
@end example
These are options to the @code{readline} library, which you can read
about in the @code{bash(1)} and @code{readline(3)} man pages. Other
tools that do not use @code{readline} for display, such as
less and ls, require additional settings, which could be put in your
tools that do not use @code{readline} for display, such as @code{less}
and @code{ls}, require additional settings, which could be put in your
@code{~/.bashrc}:
@example
alias less='/bin/less -r'
alias ls='/bin/ls -F --color=tty --show-control-chars'
export LANG="ja_JP.SJIS"
export OUTPUT_CHARSET="sjis"
@end example
These examples use the Japanese Shift-JIS character set, obviously
you will want to change them for your own locale.
@subsection Why don't cursor keys work under Win95/Win98?