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Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: 9base ports to unix (flame of byron's rc)
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From: Axel Belinfante <Axel.Belinfante@cs.utwente.nl>
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> > does the same thing, though. byron's rc doesn't support
> > unicode (anymore? --- i thought this used to work). e.g.
> 
> Anymore? Which *NIX tool did ever support unicode? I know of none,
> even today there's no Unix tool which really supports UTF8.

I don't know whether they count as Unix tools, nor whether they
'really supported UTF8' but I've always believed that (matty's)
9term(*) and wily and tcs did unicode. sam too, I think.
a README.unicode from 9term from around 1993 convincly suggests this.

Axel.