Re: [PATCH] ls: Use pretty UTF-8 arrow when showing where symlinks point to

[Erik Auerswald]

Hello Lennart,

On Thu, Aug 06, 2009 at 07:24:42PM +0200, Lennart Poettering wrote:
> Diego Pettenò complained that "ls -l" doesn't use the UTF-8 arrow
> character to show where symlinks point to. This tiny patch fixes that.
> With this applied the character is used when the CODESET is UTF-8
> otherwise we fall back to the traditional "->" arrow.
> 
> Ah, "ls -l" is so much prettier now with this oh-so-important patch! 
> For verification:
> 
> http://pastie.org/573270

What if the used font does not include this symbol? Could you check this
as well?

BTW the symbol in the URL above looks different than that shown in xterm
(I used iceweasel for the URL, default fonts for xterm).

IMHO use of this symbol should not be enabled by default.

Br,
Erik
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