On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 06:36:34PM +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 11/05/14 17:06, Sharon Kimble wrote: > > But is there a system-wide solution, just in case it starts > > happening in some other programme please? > > Try enabling utf (it's the "in" thing).
IOW, what is the output of the 'locale' command? If there is no UTF component in the string, e.g. en_NZ.UTF-8 then issue 'dpkg-reconfigure locales' as root, and choose the UTF variant. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140511092022.GB32071@tal