>Number:         36832
>Category:       lib
>Synopsis:       libcurses doesn't show umlauts
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    lib-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Aug 24 18:15:01 +0000 2007
>Originator:     Zafer Aydogan
>Release:        4.99.29
>Organization:
>Environment:
i386
>Description:
During a NetBSD-current installation today I noticed that libcurses lost
its umlauts.

Screenshot:

http://www.aydogan.org/sysinst/sysinst_greeting.png
http://www.aydogan.org/sysinst/lost_umlauts.png


If you read the text, you will see that all umlauts are missing.
But also the special chars for polish/french are missing.

>How-To-Repeat:
run sysinst.
>Fix:
yes, please.