#991686 gnuplot: invalid utf8 input via terminal

Package:
gnuplot
Source:
gnuplot
Submitter:
Łukasz Stelmach
Date:
2021-07-30 09:45:03 UTC
Severity:
normal
#991686#5
Date:
2021-07-30 09:36:00 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

1. Start gnuplot under xterm.
2. Type or paste the command:

   print "zażółć gęślą jaźń"

3. Gnuplot improperly displays the command typed as:

   print "zażóÅÄ gÄÅlÄ jaźÅ"

   The string printed by the command is also invalid.

4. Gnuplot should display edited command and print the string as
   presented in point 2.

Possible fix:

Don't use BSD readline library which doesn't support UTF-8 as explained
in the help message of gnuplot's configure script: