Hi Carsten, > I put "preconv -e utf-8 <input files> | pic | ..." in front of the > pipe and it does not seem to work (I prefer the pipe instead of > groff(1)). It converts "ä" to "\[u00E4]" but pic(1) also complaines > with "invalid input character code".
Works for me. $ printf %s\\n .PS 'box "hello ä"' .PE | > preconv -e utf-8 | > pic | > groff -Tutf8 | > grep . ┌──────┐ │ │ hello ä│ └──────┘ $ Please provide an actual example input and command line that lets us reproduce your error. Cheers, Ralph.