FS#38614 - [procps-ng] build watch(1) with utf8 support (--enable-watch8bit)

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Tony (grai) - Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 09:17 GMT
Last edited by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 16:40 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

watch(1) only shows ASCII characters.

with procps-ng 3.3.9-1:
$ watch echo ©2014
("2014" is shown - the copyright sign is missing)

after patching watch.c to #include "<ncurses.h>" instead of "<ncursesw/ncurses.h>" as per  FS#17590 , and rebuilding with --enable-watch8bit:
$ watch echo ©2014
("©2014" is shown)
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Closed by  Gaetan Bisson (vesath)
Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 16:40 GMT
Reason for closing:  Implemented
Additional comments about closing:  procps-ng-3.3.9-2 in [testing]
Comment by Gaetan Bisson (vesath) - Wednesday, 22 January 2014, 16:38 GMT
Sounds good.

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