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On modern distributions (those with XFree86 4.0+ or Xorg), '''xterm''' should use UTF-8 as long as your locale is properly set.  If this doesn’t work, the problem could be one of [http://www.diamondlinks.net link building] two things:
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On modern distributions (those with XFree86 4.0+ or Xorg), '''xterm''' should use UTF-8 as long as your locale is properly set.  If this doesn’t work, the problem could be one of two things:
 
* You may need to tell xterm to use Unicode fonts.  Try <tt>xterm -fn -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1</tt>.
 
* You may need to tell xterm to use Unicode fonts.  Try <tt>xterm -fn -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1</tt>.
 
* You may need to force xterm into UTF-8 mode with <tt>xterm -u8</tt>.
 
* You may need to force xterm into UTF-8 mode with <tt>xterm -u8</tt>.
  
 
If you find that combinations like Meta+Return and Meta+Backspace do not work properly in UTF-8 xterm, see [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=179286 Debian bug #179286] for a fix.
 
If you find that combinations like Meta+Return and Meta+Backspace do not work properly in UTF-8 xterm, see [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=179286 Debian bug #179286] for a fix.

Latest revision as of 22:46, 24 December 2011

On modern distributions (those with XFree86 4.0+ or Xorg), xterm should use UTF-8 as long as your locale is properly set. If this doesn’t work, the problem could be one of two things:

  • You may need to tell xterm to use Unicode fonts. Try xterm -fn -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1.
  • You may need to force xterm into UTF-8 mode with xterm -u8.

If you find that combinations like Meta+Return and Meta+Backspace do not work properly in UTF-8 xterm, see Debian bug #179286 for a fix.

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