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[gadget42]

found this while kicking the weeds but don't know if it holds any clues:

https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/screen-users/2024-06/msg00003.html

[Juanito]

If I use gnome-terminal and choose, for example, dejavu sans as the font then this:

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/usr/local/bin/printf "\u20AC\n"
..returns the euro symbol

[Rich]

Hi t18

No way, please se attached image.

So the systems built in printf can not handle unicode.

But the coreutils did attempt to print a unicode character.

I think the issue now is the terminal.

Try installing gnome-terminal.tcz.

[t18]

A big improvement, but still not totally fixed (please see).

And the terminal characters are overlapping, can I install something else?


According to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rxvt there is a "unicode" version of rxvt called urxvt. I was convinced to be using that one.

[t18]

Changing font fixed it (please see).

Thank you so much you all! 

[t18]

Last question, please: where are the gnome teminal settings stored?

I'm unable to find them. Many thanks

[patrikg]

You can figure it out your self with some knowledge how the systemcalls being used in Linux.
You can use strace for example like this.

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strace -e openat gnome-terminal 2>&1 | grep -v 'ENOENT' | grep confExplanation of that line.
1. Run strace.
2. Just watch the openat systemcall.
3. Run gnome-terminal.
4. Put standard error to standard in because strace puts it output to standard error.
5. Pipe strace output to grep.
6. Grep revers of the 'ENOENT' to get what files being loaded, not the files that get not found.
7. Pipe to grep.
8. Grep for conf like config.

What I can see is that gnome-terminal uses dconf to store it's config in my system you can list the settings like this:

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dconf dump /org/gnome/terminal/legacy/profiles:/


[t18]

@ patrikg:  thank you so much for your detailed explanation.

I'll have to study a bit.