UTF-8 support absent within guix shell --pure less

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Bruno Victal wrote on 20 May 2023 16:17
(name . bug-guix)(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
64646e0d-75b4-3564-8dc8-b56e2cd7138a@makinata.eu
Within a ``guix shell --pure less'' environment, the “less” command
does not display UTF-8 characters properly:
Toggle snippet (5 lines)
~/src/guix$ guix shell --pure less
~/src/guix [env]$ less gnu/packages/java-xml.scm
"gnu/packages/java-xml.scm" may be a binary file. See it anyway?

Answering the prompt with 'y' will display:
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;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2017, 2021, 2023 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2017, 2018, 2021 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2018 G<C3><A1>bor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2019, 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2020 Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2021 L<C3><A9>o Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net>
;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2022 Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.

…

This can be worked around by setting the LESSCHARSET environment variable:
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~/src/guix [env]$ LESSCHARSET=utf8 less gnu/packages/java-xml.scm

Which will correctly display (without any prompts):
Toggle snippet (14 lines)
;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
;;; Copyright © 2017, 2021, 2023 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2021 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
;;; Copyright © 2018 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2019, 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
;;; Copyright © 2020 Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
;;; Copyright © 2021 Léo Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net>
;;; Copyright © 2022 Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.

…

This does not happen with a non-pure ``guix shell less'', it properly
shows UTF-8 characters without having to manually set any environment
variables.
Adding glibc-locales to ``guix shell --pure less glibc-locales''
does not help either and in neither environments is GUIX_LOCPATH set
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Maxim Cournoyer wrote on 22 May 2023 16:25
(name . Bruno Victal)(address . mirai@makinata.eu)(name . bug-guix)(address . bug-guix@gnu.org)
871qj8jveh.fsf@gmail.com
Hi Bruno,

Bruno Victal <mirai@makinata.eu> writes:

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> ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
> ;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2017, 2021, 2023 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
> ;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2017, 2018, 2021 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
> ;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2018 G<C3><A1>bor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>
> ;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2019, 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
> ;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2020 Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
> ;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2021 L<C3><A9>o Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net>
> ;;; Copyright <C2><A9> 2022 Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
> ;;;
> ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>
> …
>
>
> This can be worked around by setting the LESSCHARSET environment variable:
>
> ~/src/guix [env]$ LESSCHARSET=utf8 less gnu/packages/java-xml.scm
>
>
> Which will correctly display (without any prompts):
>
> ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
> ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2021, 2023 Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
> ;;; Copyright © 2017, 2018, 2021 Julien Lepiller <julien@lepiller.eu>
> ;;; Copyright © 2018 Gábor Boskovits <boskovits@gmail.com>
> ;;; Copyright © 2019, 2021 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
> ;;; Copyright © 2020 Vincent Legoll <vincent.legoll@gmail.com>
> ;;; Copyright © 2021 Léo Le Bouter <lle-bout@zaclys.net>
> ;;; Copyright © 2022 Christopher Baines <mail@cbaines.net>
> ;;;
> ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
>
> …
>
> This does not happen with a non-pure ``guix shell less'', it properly
> shows UTF-8 characters without having to manually set any environment
> variables.
> Adding glibc-locales to ``guix shell --pure less glibc-locales''
> does not help either and in neither environments is GUIX_LOCPATH set
> as it was suggested at <https://logs.guix.gnu.org/guix/2023-05-20.log#035013>.

So GUIX_LOCPATH is *not* set, right? Could you try adding 'glibc' to
the environment as well? It's the one providing the GUIX_LOCPATH search
path.

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Thanks,
Maxim
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Bruno Victal wrote on 30 Jun 2023 17:07
(name . Maxim Cournoyer)(address . maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com)(address . 63608@debbugs.gnu.org)
cdbf542f-3b3d-34a3-3b73-13b406f642a4@makinata.eu
On 2023-05-22 15:25, Maxim Cournoyer wrote:> So GUIX_LOCPATH is *not* set, right? Could you try adding 'glibc' to
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> the environment as well? It's the one providing the GUIX_LOCPATH search
> path.

The issue still remains (with and without glibc-locales):

Toggle snippet (10 lines)
~/src/guix$ guix shell --pure less glibc glibc-locales
~/src/guix [env]$ less gnu/packages/java-xml.scm
"gnu/packages/java-xml.scm" may be a binary file. See it anyway?
…

~/src/guix [env]$ echo $GUIX_LOCPATH
/gnu/store/654wv1gyw1r2gpcwggmn8spbcrq5b9vq-profile/lib/locale


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Furthermore, I consider that nonfree software must be eradicated.

Cheers,
Bruno.
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