Re: unicode in Terminal

it turns out, that starting with bash version 3 is "unicode aware".

the bash bundled with OS X 10.4 is 2.05.

i haven't actually installed bash 3 yet to confirm.

Xah
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Jeremy Nixon wrote:
> Xah Lee <xah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > how to resolve this?
> >
> > i have char set encoding set to utf8, and font as Monaco. I'm on latest
>
> Many of the command-line programs -- including possibly the shell you're
> using -- can't handle utf-8. Having Terminal set to use it is only the
> beginning of the battle. It's a battle you cannot win at this point;
> there are too many programs that simply won't work with utf-8.

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