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For example, my terminal does this:
$ echo -e "\xE2\x98\xA0" ��� I expect it to do this:
$ echo -e "\xE2\x98\xA0" ☠ Why? How do I make my terminal output the proper unicode symbols?
I'm using Gnome 3's Terminal on Arch Linux.
The output of locale shows:
LANG=C LC_CTYPE="C" LC_NUMERIC="C" LC_TIME="C" LC_COLLATE="C" LC_MONETARY="C" LC_MESSAGES="C" LC_PAPER="C" LC_NAME="C" LC_ADDRESS="C" LC_TELEPHONE="C" LC_MEASUREMENT="C" LC_IDENTIFICATION="C" LC_ALL= 
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If you are unable to read some Unicode characters in your browser, it may be because your system is not properly configured. Here are some basic instructions for doing that. There are two basic steps: Install fonts that cover the characters you need.
Press and hold the Left Ctrl and Shift keys and hit the U key. You should see the underscored u under the cursor. Type then the Unicode code of the desired character and press Enter. Voila!
To insert a Unicode character, type the character code, press ALT, and then press X. For example, to type a dollar symbol ($), type 0024, press ALT, and then press X.
I figured it out. I had to make sure I set LANGUAGE="en_US.UTF-8" in /etc/rc.conf and LANG="en_US.UTF-8" in /etc/locale.conf, then logged out and logged back in and it worked. My terminal displays unicode properly now.
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