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faq-rh8-utf8: Problems with Red Hat 8.0 and UTF-8

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\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.39 2002/11/22 00:07:31 ben Exp $
\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.40 2002/12/15 11:51:21 jacob Exp $
\A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
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To connect using SSH 2 to a server that supports both versions, you
need to change the configuration from the default (see \k{faq-ssh2}).
\S{faq-rh8-utf8}{Question} When I'm connected to a Red Hat Linux 8.0
system, some characters don't display properly.
A common complaint is that hyphens in man pages show up as a-acute.
With release 8.0, Red Hat appear to have made UTF-8 the default
character set. There appears to be no way for terminal emulators such
as PuTTY to know this (as far as we know, the appropriate escape
sequence to switch into UTF-8 mode isn't sent).
A fix is to configure sessions to RH8 systems to use UTF-8
translation - see \k{config-charset} in the documentation. (Note that
if you use \q{Change Settings}, changes may not take place immediately
- see \k{faq-resetterm}.)
If you really want to change the character set used by the server, the
right place is \c{/etc/sysconfig/i18n}, but this shouldn't be
necessary.
\H{faq-secure} Security questions
\S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and