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> I wonder if anyone could explain the USE flag 'unicode' better than |
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> the Gentoo description located here: |
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> http://www.gentoo.org/dyn/use-index.xml |
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> unicode Adds support for Unicode |
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> I think the person who wrote this knows too much. ;-) |
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> What is unicode and why might an end user want it or need it? |
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What the "unicode"-use-flag does, depends on the package you emerge. |
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For example while emergeing baselayout, it turns on a switch in |
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/etc/rc.conf - nothing more. |
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On the other hand, while emerge mc, it turns on the support of mc |
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(Midnight Command) for a unicode/utf8-console. |
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And if you emerge wxGTK, the unicode-use-flag triggers the build of the |
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unicode-aware version of wxGTK. |
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So in general, i prefer my console- and my X11-apps to have unicode |
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support. So i have the use-flag turned on, but i disabled it for |
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baselayout since i use a non-utf8 locale. |
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Greetings |
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Sven |
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