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# Does GNU Readline support Unicode input? What are the limiting factors to support Unicode? | # Does GNU Readline support Unicode input? What are the limiting factors to support Unicode? | ||
#* ''' | #* '''MAYBE.''' If correctly configured, reasonably recent versions of GNU readline support 8bit characters if LC_CTYPE is set to a UTF-8 locale. Versions 6.1 and newer versions should be working if the user didn't override "meta-flag", "convert-meta", or "output-meta" (maybe also others). It is unclear from the documentation whether this also means support for all UTF-8 characters (including multibyte characters). But bash uses readline and it supports UTF-8. So it should be possible. | ||
#* '''MAYBE.''' Setting LC_CTYPE to a UTF-8 locale is invalid on Windows. | #* '''MAYBE.''' Setting LC_CTYPE to a UTF-8 locale is invalid on Windows but we could set the necessary flags manually. | ||
#** Can we manage this problem in current MXE builds? | #** Can we manage this problem in current MXE builds? | ||
#*** '''MAYBE.''' See the patch in {{bug|47571}} ([https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47571#comment42 comment #42]). | |||
# Can the open bugs be resolved with the new solution? | # Can the open bugs be resolved with the new solution? | ||
#* {{bug|56173}} (probably unrelated) | #* {{bug|56173}} (probably unrelated) | ||
#* {{bug|47571}} (probably resolved) | #* {{bug|47571}} (probably resolved) | ||
#* {{bug|43099}} (probably resolved) | #* {{bug|43099}} (probably resolved) | ||
#* {{bug|55689}} (probably resolved) | |||
#* {{bug|50409}} (probably unrelated) | |||
#* {{bug|59495}} (probably resolved) | |||
#* {{bug|56224}} (probably resolved) | |||
#* {{bug|53809}} (probably resolved) | |||
#* {{bug|54069}} (probably resolved) | |||
#* {{bug|58717}} (probably resolved) | |||
=== Alternatives === | === Alternatives === |
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