On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 11:29:54AM +0000, Eric Kow <kowey at darcs.net> wrote a message of 157 lines which said: > Does setting DARCS_DONT_ESCAPE_8BIT to 1 help? Ah yes, thanks. I then discovered <http://darcs.net/manual/Configuring_darcs.html> (at the end). Now, everything is fine. IMHO, it could be in the FAQ.