On Jul 08 18:55:11, rfab...@mhsmail.ch wrote: > Dear friends > > OpenBSD 7.5: In my vi, German umlauts (diaeresis) are displayed as > follows: > Ä: \xc3\x84 > ä: \xc3\xa4 > Ö: \xc3\x96 > ö: \xc3\xb6 > Ü: \xc3\x9c > ü: \xc3\xbc > > These strings appear to consist of 2 character groups, as pressing `x` > 2 times deletes the complete string. > > In man vi(1), I couldn't find anything concerning the file encoding, > and the vi command `:set all` didn't give me any hints. > > I log into cwm via xenodm and have the line > `export LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"` in the `~/.xsession` file, as > suggested in `https://www.openbsd.org/faq/faq10.html#locales`. > > The umlauts are displayed correctly in xterm. > > As I'd rather not switch to vim, I'd be very grateful for any tips > concerning the display of umlauts in vi.
vi can't do it.
