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Asked: May 18, 20262026-05-18T03:43:01+00:00 2026-05-18T03:43:01+00:00

My terminal emulator is configured for Unicode character encoding and my .vimrc contains the

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My terminal emulator is configured for Unicode character encoding and my .vimrc contains the line

set encoding=utf-8

but when I try pasting the word “café” into vim, it comes out as “café”.

I can make an “é” in vim by typing Ctrl-vu followed by the 4-character code point (00e9) but I’d like the ability to paste it in.

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    2026-05-18T03:43:01+00:00Added an answer on May 18, 2026 at 3:43 am

    The solution was to uncheck the “Escape non-ASCII input” checkbox in the Advanced tab of the Terminal.app settings.

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