faq-rh8-utf8: Problems with Red Hat 8.0 and UTF-8

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-\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.37 2002/11/02 16:27:17 simon Exp $
+\versionid $Id: faq.but,v 1.40 2002/12/15 11:51:21 jacob Exp $
 
 \A{faq} PuTTY FAQ
 
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ it probably \e{hasn't} been implemented.
 Yes. SSH v2 support has been available in PuTTY since version 0.50.
 However, currently the \e{default} SSH protocol is v1; to select SSH
 v2 if your server supports both, go to the SSH panel and change the
-\e{Preferred SSH protocol version} option.
+\e{Preferred SSH protocol version} option. (The factory default will
+\W{http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/wishlist/ssh2-default.html}{change to v2}
+in the next full release.)
 
 Public key authentication (both RSA and DSA) in SSH v2 is new in
 version 0.52.
@@ -162,7 +164,7 @@ happens.
 \H{faq-ports} Ports to other operating systems
 
 The eventual goal is for PuTTY to be a multi-platform program, able
-to run on at least Windows, MacOS and Unix.
+to run on at least Windows, Mac OS and Unix.
 
 Porting will become easier once PuTTY has a generalised porting
 layer, drawing a clear line between platform-dependent and
@@ -175,8 +177,9 @@ be working so far.
 
 Currently, release versions of PuTTY only run on full Win32 systems.
 This includes Windows 95, 98, and ME, and it includes Windows NT,
-Windows 2000 and Windows XP. In the development code, a partial port
-to Unix is under way (see \k{faq-unix}).
+Windows 2000 and Windows XP. In the development code, partial ports
+to Unix (see \k{faq-unix}) and the Mac OS (see \k{faq-mac-port}).
+are under way.
 
 Currently PuTTY does \e{not} run on Windows CE (see \k{faq-wince}),
 and it does not quite run on the Win32s environment under Windows
@@ -230,10 +233,9 @@ testing in this area would be very welcome!
 
 \S{faq-mac-port}{Question} Will there be a port to the Mac?
 
-A Mac port was started once and is half-finished, but development
-has been static for some time and the main PuTTY code has moved on,
-so it's not clear how quickly development would resume even if
-developer effort were available.
+Eventually.  The terminal emulation code has been ported, as has the
+saved-settings infrastructure, but networking and a configuration GUI
+still need to be done before the port will be of any use.
 
 \S{faq-epoc}{Question} Will there be a port to EPOC?
 
@@ -764,6 +766,25 @@ key in the wrong format isn't optimal.
 To connect using SSH 2 to a server that supports both versions, you
 need to change the configuration from the default (see \k{faq-ssh2}).
 
+\S{faq-rh8-utf8}{Question} When I'm connected to a Red Hat Linux 8.0
+system, some characters don't display properly.
+
+A common complaint is that hyphens in man pages show up as a-acute.
+
+With release 8.0, Red Hat appear to have made UTF-8 the default
+character set. There appears to be no way for terminal emulators such
+as PuTTY to know this (as far as we know, the appropriate escape
+sequence to switch into UTF-8 mode isn't sent).
+
+A fix is to configure sessions to RH8 systems to use UTF-8
+translation - see \k{config-charset} in the documentation. (Note that
+if you use \q{Change Settings}, changes may not take place immediately
+- see \k{faq-resetterm}.)
+
+If you really want to change the character set used by the server, the
+right place is \c{/etc/sysconfig/i18n}, but this shouldn't be
+necessary.
+
 \H{faq-secure} Security questions
 
 \S{faq-publicpc}{Question} Is it safe for me to download PuTTY and