Is this still an issue with your current version of nano? Because I cannot reproduce this with either 2.2.2 nor 2.4.1 (which are the versions of nano I have available).
If it still does not work correctly for you, please show the full output of the command 'locale' typed in a terminal. Do things only work abnormally in an xterm? Or also in a Gnome or KDE terminal? With your workaround, setting LC_ALL to C, can you then still input and see accented letters? If so, you could just alias nano to "LC_ALL=C nano" and be done with it, no? Benno -- http://www.fastmail.com - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]

