[NMLUG] character sets and terminal head aches

[havoc at harrisdev.com (havoc)]

pi wrote:
> 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.

I did that. That was my first thought, so I set the LANG env variable to 
match that in the box that worked... no joy. Do I need to do something 
else? I have this "stinking" suspicion that I'm just overlooking something.

jody
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