Configuring SCOterm for European languages

scoterm is codeset-aware and automatically configures the user's font, mapchan, and keyboard mapping at startup. There is very little to configure.

System changes such as keyboard and codeset changes made via the International Settings Manager will affect the way scoterm behaves.

Here is a list of common scoterm problems that can be fixed via the International Settings Manager:

Character-based applications with character line graphics do not look right

scoterm is running with the wrong font. Using the International Settings Manager, reconfigure the console codeset to either IBM850 or IBM437.

Cannot get European characters with my character applications

If running an application that uses line graphics, use the International Settings Manager to set the console codeset to IBM850 (if the currently configured console codeset is IBM437).

If running an application that uses no line-drawing characters, use the International Settings Manager to set the console codeset to ISO8859-1 or IBM850 (if currently configured console codeset is IBM437).

Using a keyboard made for another locale. Keys are not sending the right characters

Select the new keyboard type with the International Settings Manager, or scoterm's keyboard menu ( Options Keyboard ).

Graphical environment session not saved correctly

If a graphical environment session is run with a German locale set, the state of the session may not be saved correctly when the user logs out. Any scoterm windows started by clicking on the desktop UNIX icon will not be restarted in subsequent sessions. This problem does not affect the standard X windows terminal emulator xterm. Nor does it affect UNIX windows started from the Window Manager menu, the desktop menu, or the command line.

To fix this problem, edit the file:

/usr/lib/X11/IXI/XDesktop/tools/System.ts/Shell.obj/de_DE/text,

and change the following lines:

t1='Unix'
m1='Ablegen nicht möglich '
m2=' hier '

to:

t1='Shell'
t2='UNIX'
m1='Ablegen nicht möglich '
m2=' hier '