MK> That would be too easy. Besides that isn't what I asked, but now that MK> you bring it up I get the impression that it is my system that has to MK> supply a working version of joe in the first place. If that is so MK> then it seems to me that somewhere there is a configuration for it MK> somewhere in mbse that might be open to replacement of joe with nano MK> which I know for a fact can handle utf8 characters. I am not too sure MK> about joe but I suppose I can easily find out if indeed I must supply MK> the working copy that mbse will then use.
MBSE uses the joe already installed on the system. I've never tried it, but it should be possible to use nano. However, nano may not support some of the features of joe that led Michiel Broek (the original author of MBSE) to select it as the default full screen editor for use with MBSE.
MK> Are my above assumtions valid? In the meantime I'll have a looksee at MK> joe to see if there are any utf8 issues no matter which emulation. I MK> already know that I'll be sticking with vim for everything I do that MK> requires an editor. Nothing beats it.
That's certainly your privilege to do so. If it works for you, there's no reason to change.
