The font you are using likely doesn't support the line glyphs.   I've
found Envy Code R to be a good all-purpose font that supports a good
number of glyphs.

Nick


On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 02:45:32PM +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote:
> Hi, mutt!
> 
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> I run mutt 1.5.21 on a Linux virtual terminal (NOT in X).  Yesterday I
> converted my system software from ISO-8859-1 to UTF-8.  Now I find that
> the line graphics in the message index, rather than looking like lines,
> look something like this:
> 
>     M-b~T~\M-b~T~@>
> 
> .  A bit of internet searching reveals the workaround of setting LANG
> thusly:
> 
>     LANG=C mutt
> 
>  , but this is a mere workaround since it disables UTF-8 where it's
> really wanted.
> 
> Is there a proper solution to this dilemma?
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
> -- 
> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).

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