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i3 FAQ - Individual question feedhttps://faq.i3wm.org/questions/Frequently asked questions and answers about the i3 window managerenCopyright i3, 2012Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:39:04 +0000encoding accent characterhttps://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/Hello, I'm a new user of i3 and I have some problems. I use i3 on a VM machine on a mac (VMWare fusion). I installed the last version of Ubuntu (12.10). I have some problem with the encoding of the character. I'm French, and when some words which are written with accent are displayed, the accent character is replace by "??" I try to change the font of i3 with this line : font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 but nothing changed .... At the beginning i didn't have that problem, but as i have some problem with gdm (my lancher), i try to reinstall it or replace him by slim, and at the end go back to gdm because the problem with bigger with slim. But when i was back to i3, the encoding had changed :/ maybe I have to change something in the Ubuntu settings but i don't know how to do that (I already tried to launch Mod+d : gsettings).Sun, 03 Feb 2013 19:20:07 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/Comment by Michael for Hello, I'm a new user of i3 and I have some problems. I use i3 on a VM machine on a mac (VMWare fusion). I installed the last version of Ubuntu (12.10). I have some problem with the encoding of the character. I'm French, and when some words which are written with accent are displayed, the accent character is replace by "??" I try to change the font of i3 with this line : font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 but nothing changed .... At the beginning i didn't have that problem, but as i have some problem with gdm (my lancher), i try to reinstall it or replace him by slim, and at the end go back to gdm because the problem with bigger with slim. But when i was back to i3, the encoding had changed :/ maybe I have to change something in the Ubuntu settings but i don't know how to do that (I already tried to launch Mod+d : gsettings). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1188#comment-1188Could you clarify _where_ exactly the problem happens? E.g. are you unable to see the character (which one?) in your window titles?Mon, 04 Feb 2013 07:15:22 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1188#comment-1188Comment by MonsieurJc for Hello, I'm a new user of i3 and I have some problems. I use i3 on a VM machine on a mac (VMWare fusion). I installed the last version of Ubuntu (12.10). I have some problem with the encoding of the character. I'm French, and when some words which are written with accent are displayed, the accent character is replace by "??" I try to change the font of i3 with this line : font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 but nothing changed .... At the beginning i didn't have that problem, but as i have some problem with gdm (my lancher), i try to reinstall it or replace him by slim, and at the end go back to gdm because the problem with bigger with slim. But when i was back to i3, the encoding had changed :/ maybe I have to change something in the Ubuntu settings but i don't know how to do that (I already tried to launch Mod+d : gsettings). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1195#comment-1195I didn't have any .xsession ... just .xession-errors I created one with your lines and reboot but nothing has changed Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:20:16 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1195#comment-1195Comment by MonsieurJc for Hello, I'm a new user of i3 and I have some problems. I use i3 on a VM machine on a mac (VMWare fusion). I installed the last version of Ubuntu (12.10). I have some problem with the encoding of the character. I'm French, and when some words which are written with accent are displayed, the accent character is replace by "??" I try to change the font of i3 with this line : font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 but nothing changed .... At the beginning i didn't have that problem, but as i have some problem with gdm (my lancher), i try to reinstall it or replace him by slim, and at the end go back to gdm because the problem with bigger with slim. But when i was back to i3, the encoding had changed :/ maybe I have to change something in the Ubuntu settings but i don't know how to do that (I already tried to launch Mod+d : gsettings). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1192#comment-1192As you can see, everywhere : imgur.com/iGdtGjtMon, 04 Feb 2013 09:47:12 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1192#comment-1192Comment by Michael for Hello, I'm a new user of i3 and I have some problems. I use i3 on a VM machine on a mac (VMWare fusion). I installed the last version of Ubuntu (12.10). I have some problem with the encoding of the character. I'm French, and when some words which are written with accent are displayed, the accent character is replace by "??" I try to change the font of i3 with this line : font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 but nothing changed .... At the beginning i didn't have that problem, but as i have some problem with gdm (my lancher), i try to reinstall it or replace him by slim, and at the end go back to gdm because the problem with bigger with slim. But when i was back to i3, the encoding had changed :/ maybe I have to change something in the Ubuntu settings but i don't know how to do that (I already tried to launch Mod+d : gsettings). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1196#comment-1196Please don’t create answers for comments. Post a comment instead.Mon, 04 Feb 2013 19:37:48 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1196#comment-1196Answer by Michael for Hello, I'm a new user of i3 and I have some problems. I use i3 on a VM machine on a mac (VMWare fusion). I installed the last version of Ubuntu (12.10). I have some problem with the encoding of the character. I'm French, and when some words which are written with accent are displayed, the accent character is replace by "??" I try to change the font of i3 with this line : font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 but nothing changed .... At the beginning i didn't have that problem, but as i have some problem with gdm (my lancher), i try to reinstall it or replace him by slim, and at the end go back to gdm because the problem with bigger with slim. But when i was back to i3, the encoding had changed :/ maybe I have to change something in the Ubuntu settings but i don't know how to do that (I already tried to launch Mod+d : gsettings). https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?answer=1194#post-id-1194It seems like your locale environment variables are not configured correctly. Personally, I set up my locales in `~/.xsession` like this: unset LC_ALL export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 export LC_MESSAGES=C export LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 [Edit] Note that you need to chose “Custom” as session type in your login manager (e.g. GDM) so that the .xsession file gets executed.Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:17:44 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?answer=1194#post-id-1194Comment by MonsieurJc for It seems like your locale environment variables are not configured correctly. Personally, I set up my locales in <code>~/.xsession</code> like this: <pre><code>unset LC_ALL export LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 export LC_MESSAGES=C export LC_TIME=en_DK.UTF-8 </code></pre> [Edit] Note that you need to chose “Custom” as session type in your login manager (e.g. GDM) so that the .xsession file gets executed. https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1197#comment-1197I didn't have any .xsession ... just .xession-errors I created one with your lines and reboot but nothing has changedMon, 04 Feb 2013 19:39:04 +0000https://faq.i3wm.org/question/1185/encoding-accent-character/?comment=1197#comment-1197