add option (-U, --no-unicode) to disable unicode at runtime

CRT.c

@@ -667,7 +667,7 @@ void CRT_restorePrivileges() {
 
 // TODO: pass an instance of Settings instead.
 
-void CRT_init(int delay, int colorScheme) {
+void CRT_init(int delay, int colorScheme, bool allowUnicode) {
    initscr();
    noecho();
    CRT_delay = delay;
@@ -733,10 +733,12 @@ void CRT_init(int delay, int colorScheme) {
    setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "");
 
 #ifdef HAVE_LIBNCURSESW
-   if(strcmp(nl_langinfo(CODESET), "UTF-8") == 0)
+   if (allowUnicode && strcmp(nl_langinfo(CODESET), "UTF-8") == 0)
       CRT_utf8 = true;
    else
       CRT_utf8 = false;
+#else
+   (void) allowUnicode;
 #endif
 
    CRT_treeStr =

CRT.h

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ extern void CRT_restorePrivileges();
 
 // TODO: pass an instance of Settings instead.
 
-extern void CRT_init(int delay, int colorScheme);
+extern void CRT_init(int delay, int colorScheme, bool allowUnicode);
 
 extern void CRT_done();
 

htop.1.in

@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ Sort by this column (use \-\-sort\-key help for a column list)
 \fB\-u \-\-user=USERNAME\fR
 Show only the processes of a given user
 .TP
+\fB\-U \-\-no-unicode\fR
+Do not use unicode but ASCII characters for graph meters
+.TP
 \fB\-v \-\-version
 Output version information and exit
 .TP

htop.c

@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ static void printHelpFlag() {
          "-s --sort-key=COLUMN        Sort by COLUMN (try --sort-key=help for a list)\n"
          "-t --tree                   Show the tree view by default\n"
          "-u --user[=USERNAME]        Show only processes for a given user (or $USER)\n"
+         "-U --no-unicode             Do not use unicode but plain ASCII\n"
          "-p --pid=PID,[,PID,PID...]  Show only the given PIDs\n"
          "-v --version                Print version info\n"
          "\n"
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ typedef struct CommandLineSettings_ {
    bool useColors;
    bool enableMouse;
    bool treeView;
+   bool allowUnicode;
 } CommandLineSettings;
 
 static CommandLineSettings parseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
@@ -75,26 +77,28 @@ static CommandLineSettings parseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
       .useColors = true,
       .enableMouse = true,
       .treeView = false,
+      .allowUnicode = true,
    };
 
    static struct option long_opts[] =
    {
-      {"help",     no_argument,         0, 'h'},
-      {"version",  no_argument,         0, 'v'},
-      {"delay",    required_argument,   0, 'd'},
-      {"sort-key", required_argument,   0, 's'},
-      {"user",     optional_argument,   0, 'u'},
-      {"no-color", no_argument,         0, 'C'},
-      {"no-colour",no_argument,         0, 'C'},
-      {"no-mouse", no_argument,         0, 'm'},
-      {"tree",     no_argument,         0, 't'},
-      {"pid",      required_argument,   0, 'p'},
+      {"help",       no_argument,         0, 'h'},
+      {"version",    no_argument,         0, 'v'},
+      {"delay",      required_argument,   0, 'd'},
+      {"sort-key",   required_argument,   0, 's'},
+      {"user",       optional_argument,   0, 'u'},
+      {"no-color",   no_argument,         0, 'C'},
+      {"no-colour",  no_argument,         0, 'C'},
+      {"no-mouse",   no_argument,         0, 'm'},
+      {"no-unicode", no_argument,         0, 'U'},
+      {"tree",       no_argument,         0, 't'},
+      {"pid",        required_argument,   0, 'p'},
       {0,0,0,0}
    };
 
    int opt, opti=0;
    /* Parse arguments */
-   while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hvmCs:td:u::p:", long_opts, &opti))) {
+   while ((opt = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hvmCs:td:u:Up:", long_opts, &opti))) {
       if (opt == EOF) break;
       switch (opt) {
          case 'h':
@@ -148,6 +152,9 @@ static CommandLineSettings parseArguments(int argc, char** argv) {
          case 'm':
             flags.enableMouse = false;
             break;
+         case 'U':
+            flags.allowUnicode = false;
+            break;
          case 't':
             flags.treeView = true;
             break;
@@ -226,7 +233,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
    if (flags.treeView)
       settings->treeView = true;
 
-   CRT_init(settings->delay, settings->colorScheme);
+   CRT_init(settings->delay, settings->colorScheme, flags.allowUnicode);
 
    MainPanel* panel = MainPanel_new();
    ProcessList_setPanel(pl, (Panel*) panel);