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alex@igor.tamri.com (Alex Olender) writes:

> Is there a way to tell "vi" to display these
> characters as they "should" look.

.login settings like 'stty pass8', 'stty -istrip' and similar ones 
(and of course, the right setup of your hardware) should convince Unix 
interfaces to allow 8 bit characters. The exact command varies with Unix 
versions. Choice of complete screen fonts may also be important.

Other, also varying settings may be required to convince programs to 
accept 8 bit data as characters. On then Sun, e.g., the convention is 
setenv LC_CTYPE iso_8859_1
vi would behave well in that environment.

For input, the most general method without redefining keys / attaching 
function keys etc, is the compose key which is available on all modern 
keyboards and terminals. E.g., you would get a letter E with a grave accent 
by typing the key sequence compose-E-` . Certain programs, especially 
editors, may have their own methods.

Printing may be another horror...