Re: Incorrect title and footer encoding for de_DE locale

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On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 at 14:10, Stefan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Running a2ps with the de_DE locale leads to incorrectly rendered date
> values inside the header and footer if the PS document is being
> generated in March or when the source file has been modified in March.
> Instead of the expected "M=C3=A4rz", I get "M=C3=83=C2=A4rz".
>

I suspect you're using a UTF-8 locale. a2ps does not (sadly) support UTF-8.
You can either use an 8-bit locale, or translate the input (e.g. with
Recode).

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail=
_attr">On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 at 14:10, Stefan &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:stefan641=
[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote=
 class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px so=
lid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Running a2ps with the de_DE locale l=
eads to incorrectly rendered date<br>
values inside the header and footer if the PS document is being<br>
generated in March or when the source file has been modified in March.<br>
Instead of the expected &quot;M=C3=A4rz&quot;, I get &quot;M=C3=83=C2=A4rz&=
quot;.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div style=3D"font-family:arial,=
helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small" class=3D"gmail_default">I suspect you=
&#39;re using a UTF-8 locale. a2ps does not (sadly) support UTF-8. You can =
either use an 8-bit locale, or translate the input (e.g. with Recode).<br><=
/div><br></div></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><=
div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D=
"ltr"><a href=3D"https://rrt.sc3d.org" target=3D"_blank">https://rrt.sc3d.o=
rg</a></div></div></div></div></div>

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