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When I press the "é" key multiple times on my keyboard, here is what tmux print (notice the spaces) :

arcanis@~ > é é é é é é é é é é é é é

It also broke emacs when the file contains utf8 characters.

My locale is :

arcanis@~ > locale
LANG=en_US.UTF-8
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=

How can I fix this ?

asked Oct 21, 2012 at 20:27
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  • Is tmux itself started in a UTF-8 locale? Commented Oct 21, 2012 at 23:55
  • @Gilles Yes, the original locales are fr_FR.UTF-8 (except LC_ALL which is empty), and tmux is started using -u. Commented Oct 22, 2012 at 0:31
  • 1
    Try using the tmux command utf8 on and see if that helps. Commented Oct 22, 2012 at 2:06

1 Answer 1

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.tmux.conf

set -g utf8 on

Fixed the exact same issue for me.

answered Jun 10, 2016 at 13:55
1
  • 3
    Note that this option is the default in Tmux since around 2016, and is no longer a valid option. Commented Jul 12, 2020 at 14:30

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