[NMLUG] character sets and terminal head aches

[pi at pihost.us (pi)]

havoc wrote:
> I have a file from a client that includes curly-quotes and such from an 
> extended character set. My xterm here in the office shows them just fine 
> in vim and less, but my Red Hat box at Rackspace "blows up" on them as 
> control codes.
> 
> What do I need to set/change to allow me to use the text as is without 
> having to dig out the curly quotes and such?
> 
> jody

Compare LANG variables between the two  boxes.