[Liverpool] Unicode in the console

[Sebastian Arcus]

On 07/10/11 19:44, Bob Ham wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> At a recent meeting we discussed the value of having Unicode characters
> display in the console.  I just experienced a perfect example and I
> thought I would share it.
>
> I maintain a reading list in a hand-written XML file.  A number of
> foreign authors' names contain high-byte Unicode characters.  Editing
> this in the console (using Emacs of course :-) is no problem and
> people's names show up properly:
>
>    http://pkl.net/~node/misc/utf8-console-usage.png
>
> In that screen shot the first entry, Ervin László, and the second from
> last, Stanisław Lem, both contain high-byte Unicode characters (as they
> do in this email :-)
>
> Bob

Thanks Bob. I think I was one of the people questioning the utility of 
unicode in the console. I declare myself fully enlightened on the 
subject :-)

Sebastian