How to make iterm2 to properly display Chinese/Utf8?
Say I want to execute these commands under iterm2:
Note that
- The [Terminal app](https://support.apple.com/lt-lt/guide/terminal/trml15220/mac) works out of the box for me without any of my tweaking:
- The created Hello世界.txt file name show up in my file finder just properly. It is iterm2 that's causing all these problems:
This the setting I'm using based on the following searches:
- https://logs.paulooi.com/how-to-view-chinese-character-with-iterm-in-mac-osx.php
- https://iterm2.com/3.3/documentation-preferences-profiles-text.html
- https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/pages/tanfbd4156e/mac
- https://www.help.k12.com/s/article/Viewing-Chinese-Characters-on-a-Mac
- https://chinesemac.org/pages/fonts.html
touch Hello世界.txt
touch Hello老师我想你.mp3
touch Hello❤️🌹🎉.txt
and this is what I'm getting now:




Asked by xpt
(445 rep)
Feb 19, 2024, 03:56 PM
Last activity: Feb 19, 2024, 06:55 PM
Last activity: Feb 19, 2024, 06:55 PM