Unicode Issues

Perforce IPLM uses Unicode characters in the CLI formatting to improve the look and feel but may require some setup for correct display.

Typical Unicode configuration 

> export LANG=en_US-UTF8 
> export LANGUAGE=en_US-UTF8
  • For xterms make "/usr/bin/xterm -en utf-8" the default
  • Set "xterm*faceName: xtf:DejaVu Sans Mono:style=Book:size=10x20" in ~/.Xresources

Note 1.  ~/.login and ~/.profile behavior can influence shell behavior and should be reviewed

Note 2.  We using bash syntax by default in this discussion, tcsh/csh syntax can be used as well 

Forcing non-Unicode encoding from IPLM CLI

If you're unable to resolve these unicode issues you may revert back to the basic ASCII terminal encoding by setting

export MDX_PI_ASCII=1

ASCII mode can be set via the piclient.conf file as well. See Workspace Configuration.