To set up the UTF-8 text edit behavior on TTY, you must first set some terminal options using stty(1) as follows:
system% /bin/stty cs8 -istrip defeucw |
Since /usr/ucb/stty is not yet internationalized, you should use /bin/stty instead.
You can also query the current settings using stty(1) with the -a option, as shown below:
system% /bin/stty -a |