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diff --git a/chapter07/profile.xml b/chapter07/profile.xml index 9255ef81c..0db463e9d 100644 --- a/chapter07/profile.xml +++ b/chapter07/profile.xml @@ -162,14 +162,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen> <para>UTF-8 based locales are not supported well by many programs. E.g., the <command>watch</command> program displays only ASCII characters in UTF-8 locales and has no such restriction in traditional 8-bit locales like en_US. - Without patches and/or installing software beyond BLFS, in UTF-8 based locales - you will not be able to do such basic tasks as printing plain-text files from - the command line, recording Windows-readable CDs with filenames containing - non-ASCII characters, viewing ID3v1 tags in MP3 files and so on. Work is in - progress to document and, if possible, fix such problems, see - <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/introduction/locale-issues.html"/>. - It is, however, safe to use UTF-8 based locales if you are going to use only - KDE or GNOME and never open the terminal.</para> - <!-- All abovementioned problems except "watch" have a known fix beyond BLFS --> + Work is in progress to document and, if possible, fix such problems, see + <ulink url="&blfs-root;view/svn/introduction/locale-issues.html"/>.</para> </sect1> |