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I upgraded mutt/slang (and newt/slrn/kudzu for dependencies) from RH7.3 to rawhide: mutt-1.2.5.1-1 and slang-1.4.5-2. Now, mutt cannot display any 8 bit character anymore, such as ihj (french accents). It either displays a '?' or the octal value. The pager is the default one. I had a deep look through the manual and tested several variables but could not find a way to fix the problem. Can someone reproduce this?
Bugzilla has also 8 bit problems... ihj should read \'e \`e and \^e (tex notations).
mutt 1.2.5.1 or mutt 1.4?
Sorry, you are right. The upgrade that causes the problem is: mutt-1.2.5.1-1 -> 1.4-4 slang-1.4.5-2 -> 1.4.5-7
What locale are you running in?
I am in C locale.
$ LC_ALL=en_GB mutt => works $ LC_ALL=C mutt => fails Well... when a mail says in its header: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 the pager should display the body with this charset, even in C locale, no?
slang is using the current LC_CTYPE to determine what characters are printable. If it's set to 'C', other charsets won't be considered printable.