Re: lynx doesn't render β as β

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On Wed, Jun 17, 2026 at 09:22:37AM -0700, arthurpeabody wrote:
> It's available; it renders ß as =CE=B2.  I've tried every ISO chara=
cter set.=20
> It used to.  I didn't notice when it changed.  The same happens for β
> lynx returns ?, what it returns for undisplayable characters.

β would be a nonprinting character:

	U+0946 is the Unicode hex value for =E0=A5=86, which represents the
	Devanagari Vowel Sign Short E.  This character is a nonspacing mark
	primarily used in the Devanagari script to produce the short 'e' sound
	(e.g., as part of the Marathi alphabet)

=2E..and perhaps treated as a combining character by ncurses.

But if you want to report a possible regression in lynx,

a) version of lynx.

b) how it was built -- and if it's a package, packagers do have bug reporti=
ng

   If it's self-built, people do forget to configure with --enable-widec
   (not a bug).

c) how it's configured (including changes to lynx.cfg and/or what $LYNX_CFG
   points to)

d) locale settings

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Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]>
https://invisible-island.net

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