[rrd-users] FW: Special language dependent characters in rrdtool runnin on Windows

[Tobias Oetiker]

Hi Peter,

Today Peter Weischer wrote:

> Hi Tobi,
>
> thank you very much for the info - although it does not help me
> changing the language settings for my rrd graphs :-( I downloaded
> the rrdtool for windows binaries directly from here ->
> https://sites.google.com/site/christiankrausse/projekte/perl/rrds-perl-windows-v
> because I am not able to compile the sources by myself...
>
> Could it be an option for a future release of rrdtool to add a
> 'language' parameter like MRTG have?  ;-)

I am not aware of anyone working on something like this for rrdtool

cheers
tobi


> Regards Piet
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 23 Aug 2012 08:02:15 +0200
> > From: tobi at oetiker.ch
> > To: pweischer at msn.com
> > CC: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > Subject: Re: [rrd-users] FW: Special language dependent characters in rrdtool runnin on Windows
> >
> > Peter,
> >
> > Today Peter Weischer wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > No one any idea regarding how to change the language for the axis
> > > labels of rrd graphs in a Windows environment?
> >
> > this does probably depend on the how rrdtool for windows was
> > compiled ... since windows does not generally contain support for the
> > strftime function (which is used to do all the time formatting),
> > rrdtool contains a small public domain version of that function
> > wich can be compiled in when the OS does not supply an
> > implementation ... the simple version included with rrdtool only
> > support english weekday and month names (they are compiled in hard
> > coded) ...
> >
> > if your rrdtool is compiled with some posixish layer on windows,
> > the LANG setitngs should work, but otherwhise there is no helping
> > it short of modifying the source and recompiling ... (or switching
> > to some unix system with proper strftime implementation).
> >
> > cheers
> > tobi
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: pweischer at msn.com
> > > To: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > > Subject: RE: [rrd-users] Special language dependent characters in rrdtool runnin on Windows
> > > Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2012 15:21:36 +0200
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I get the non-ASCII Characters in the graph - by changing the character set of the editor which is used to create the batch files for the rrdgraph command from ANSI to CP850.
> > >
> > > But unfortunately I am still not able to chage the language settings for the axis labels. I tried different environment variables (LANGUAGE, LANG, LOCALE) set to different values (DE, de, DE_de, de_DE, de_de) without success. The axis lables are always in english.
> > >
> > > Anyone any idea?
> > >
> > > Piet
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: s.shipway at auckland.ac.nz
> > > To: pweischer at msn.com; rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > > Subject: RE: [rrd-users] Special language dependent characters in rrdtool runnin on Windows
> > > Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2012 21:38:23 +0000
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > The axis labels come from the strftime library, which picks the abbreviation according to the Language settings. Set the environment LANG=de (I think) to make it pick German. However, under Windows, it should be picking this up from the internationalisation settings picked in the Windows OS?
> > >
> > > To get non-ASCII characters inside the graph is a bit harder, though I believe it is possible under RRDTool 1.3 and later. I?ve not tried this yet, but I think you need to use the ?font option to specify a TrueType font that has the required characters first. EG: --font ?DEFAULT:0:Courier New? will change the default font name for all text to ?Courier New?. See the documentation here http://oss.oetiker.ch/rrdtool/doc/rrdgraph.en.html
> > >
> > > Steve
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Steve Shipway
> > > ITS Unix Services Design Lead
> > > University of Auckland, New Zealand
> > > Floor 1, 58 Symonds Street, Auckland
> > > Phone: +64 (0)9 3737599 ext 86487
> > > DDI: +64 (0)9 924 6487
> > > Mobile: +64 (0)21 753 189
> > > Email: s.shipway at auckland.ac.nz
> > > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > From: rrd-users-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz at lists.oetiker.ch [mailto:rrd-users-bounces+s.shipway=auckland.ac.nz at lists.oetiker.ch] On Behalf Of Peter Weischer
> > > Sent: Monday, 20 August 2012 2:20 a.m.
> > > To: rrd-users at lists.oetiker.ch
> > > Subject: [rrd-users] Special language dependent characters in rrdtool runnin on Windows
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > If running rrdtool (1.4.5) in Windows environment, I am not able to enter special German characters (like äöüß etc.) anywhere inside a graph (like in GPRINT, TITLE, COMMENT etc.).
> > >
> > > In addition, I would like to configure German labels on the axis like ?Mon,Die, Mit,Don, Fre, Sam, Son? instead of ?Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun?.
> > > The documentation says, these strings depend on the current locale ? but how can I set the current locale for rrdtool in a Windows environment?
> > >
> > > I do not use Perl ? just rrdtool.exe.
> > >
> > > Any hint would be very much appreciated!
> > >
> > > Piet
> > >
> >
> > --
> > Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
> > http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900
>

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Tobi Oetiker, OETIKER+PARTNER AG, Aarweg 15 CH-4600 Olten, Switzerland
http://it.oetiker.ch tobi at oetiker.ch ++41 62 775 9902 / sb: -9900