utf8, macos x, and fmt

  • From: John Lamoreaux <jclam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: wilyfans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 19:44:09 -0500

Macos x has an old version of fmt (ca. 1993 according to the man page). When applied to UTF8 text (via |fmt), everything other than the ascii characters seem simply to be dropped. Does anyone have an idea where a UTF8-enabled version of fmt might be found? (As I'm not much of a programmer, I would prefer one that would compile on the mac without too much work.)

Many thanks.

Cheers,

        John Lamoreaux
        Department of Religious Studies
        Southern Methodist University


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