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Install a new tcsh shell for better UTF8 support
Authored by: Spartacus on Oct 28, '03 09:34:45AM
I noticed that following this hint to re-establish ~/Library/init/tcsh functionality in Jaguar and Panther breaks the effect of the "set dspmbyte=utf8" setting. It turns out that /usr/share/tcsh/examples/tcsh.defaults sets the nokanji shell variable. To undo this, add this line before set dspmbyte=utf8:
unset nokanji
nokanji is described in the tcsh manpage:
nokanji (+)
        If  set  and  the  shell  supports Kanji (see the version shell
        variable), it is disabled so that the meta key can be used.
I don't know what the meta key is but I know I didn't check "Use option key as meta key" in the Terminal's Window Settings.

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