[GH #72] Convert output to ASCII//TRANSLIT unless using ncurseswno-ncursesw

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index dbbb1516..106f06da 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Improvements:
    and diff view, e.g. `tig --no-walk --stdin < cherry-picks.txt`.
  - Add option to disable focusing of the child view when it's opened.
    Disable using: `set focus-child = no`. (GH #83)
+ - Convert output to ASCII//TRANSLIT when ncurses has no wide-char
+   support. (GH #72)
 
 Bug fixes:
 
diff --git a/tig.c b/tig.c
index d7353910..9caacfaf 100644
--- a/tig.c
+++ b/tig.c
@@ -8245,9 +8245,13 @@ main(int argc, const char *argv[])
 	signal(SIGINT, quit);
 	signal(SIGPIPE, SIG_IGN);
 
+#if defined(HAVE_NCURSESW) || defined(NCURSES_WIDECHAR)
 	if (setlocale(LC_ALL, "")) {
 		codeset = nl_langinfo(CODESET);
 	}
+#else
+	codeset = "ascii";
+#endif
 
 	foreach_view(view, i) {
 		add_keymap(&view->ops->keymap);