Re: Dired, tramp, ssh and utf-8.

[Michael Albinus]

Malcolm Reed <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello there.

Hi Malcolm,

> When I open remote directory in dired via tramp and ssh, files and other
> dirs which have russian names in utf-8 look like "????????". It's known
> bug or may be I missed some setting? I use emacs 23.2.1 from stable
> Debian. Utf-8 used everywhere and tramp with ftp (instead ssh or scp)
> with my remote host works correctly.
> My ssh_config has "SendEnv LANG LC_*" setting by default.

Tramp cannot know, whether a remote host speaks utf8. That's why it is
setting "LC_ALL=C" in `tramp-remote-process-environment'. You might
change it to your needs there.

Best regards, Michael.