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9. joe

Try the -asis option.

9.1 ksh

As for the public domain ksh implementation - pdksh 5.1.3, you can input 8 bit characters only in vi input mode. Use:

set -o vi

9.2 less

So far, less doesn't support the KOI-8 character set, but the following environment variable will do the job:

LESSCHARSET=latin1

9.3 lynx

As of version 2.6, you may select the appropriate value for the display Character set opetion.

9.4 mc (The Midnight Commander)

To display Cyrillic text correctly, select the full 8 bits item in the Options/Display menu.

If your problem is the ugly windows' borders, consult the linux-console section.

As an off-topic, if you want to make mc use color in an Xterm window, set the variable COLORTERM:

COLORTERM= ; export COLORTERM

9.5 Netscape navigator

Make sure you are using Netscape version higher than 3. If your Netscape is older, download a new one from www.netscape.com.

Basic setup

To be able to see Cyrillic text in most parts of the HTML document, do the following:

NOTE: This setup will work with most parts of the document. However, you won't be able to display Cyrillic text in the window header, menus and some controls. To fix these problems, do an

Advanced setup

Andrew A. Chernov is the one, who knows more than others about KOI-8 in general and netscape in particular. Visit his excellent KOI-8 page and download a patch for Netscape resource file, making Netscape speak Russian as much as it is able to.

9.6 pine

Set the following directive in ~/.pinerc for personal configuration, or in /usr/lib/pine.conf for a global one:

character-set=ISO-8859-5

9.7 rlogin

Make sure that the shell on the destination site is properly set up. Then, if your rlogin doesn't work by default, use 'rlogin -8'.

9.8 sendmail (aka "The Doom of a Sysadmin")

As of version 8, sendmail handles 8-bit data correctly by default. If it doesn't do it for you, check the EightBitMode option and option 7 given to mailers in your /etc/sendmail.cf. See "Sendmail. Operation and Installation Guide" for details.

9.9 zsh

Use the same way as with csh (see section csh). The startup files in this case are .zshrc or /etc/zshrc.


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