Cannot get correct line drawing on Linux/UNIX with Putty
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Problem
Line drawing not correctly displayed using Putty:
Wrong line drawing |
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Expected line drawing |
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Solutions
Putty version 0.71 and above
Set the new parameter "UTF8linedraw=1"
- on Linux, add a line in .putty/sessions/yoursession containing this parameter (above)
- on Windows, change settings from "Window" → "Translation" pane and check the button "Enable VT100 line drawing even in UTF-8 mode"
you can keep your locale / codepage as UTF-8.
Putty version 0.70 and below
Solution 1 - using xterm settings
Before opening the terminal session, load the saved session you want to use and update the following parameters:
- Terminal-type string can be set to either xterm or vt200 for Linux or VMS and can only be defined to vt200 for Tru64
- The "Remote character set" must be something else than the default UTF-8 depending on your location. Example: ISO-8859-1:1998 (Latin-1, West Europe)
It is possible some characters will not be displayed correctly using this method. Example:
The default font does not display boxes correctly. If you want to have a better look, please change the font in the "Window → Appearance" option and select either Consolas, Lucida Console or Terminal fonts rather than Courier New.
Solution 2 - using putty and Linux locale settings
On the Linux host:
Add these lines in your .bashrc file (if you're using bash):
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In putty:
- Window → Translation → Remote Character set: the default ISO-8859-1
- Connection → Data → Terminal-type string "
putty
"
This solution solves the problem mentioned above
The default font does not display boxes correctly. If you want to have a better look, please change the font in the "Window → Appearance" option and select either Consolas, Lucida Console or Terminal fonts rather than Courier New.
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