update FAQ about locale/unicode issues, fixes #6999

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Thomas Waldmann 2023-03-04 16:30:24 +01:00
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@ -749,6 +749,12 @@ Check if your encoding is set correctly. For most POSIX-like systems, try::
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8 # or similar, important is correct charset
If that does not help:
- check for typos, check if you really used ``export``.
- check if you have set ``LC_ALL`` - if so, try not setting it.
- check if you generated the respective locale via ``locale-gen``.
I can't extract non-ascii filenames by giving them on the commandline!?
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