Vladislav Belogrudov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use xterm with utf-8 support and ksh. > Whenever I start typing fast or editing in some > non-latin > language I get randomly squares instead of characters. > Is utf-8 and pdksh compatible enough?
pdksh's command line editor isn't aware of UTF-8 and assumes that each byte corresponds to exactly one character. Yes, it will screw up and show garbage if you write text that doesn't fit this assumption. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
