On Sat, 30 Apr 2022 15:11:01 -0600 (39 minutes, 22 seconds ago), Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> wrote:

> 
> Benjamin Slade schreef op wo 27-04-2022 om 18:22 [-0600]:
> > The output of mu [ <https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/mu-1.6.10/> ] (and thus,
> > by extension, mu4e in Emacs) does not correctly handle characters outside of a
> > certain range (which confuses Emacs to no end). This behaviour occurs both in
> > mu4e and when using mu on the commandline.
> > 
> > For instance, subject lines including the 🎉 emoji ("celebration") do not show
> > the emoji, but rather a backslashed \360. Similar issues occur with, for
> > instance, devanagari characters (Hindi etc.).
> > 
> > When using mu/mu4e on non-Guix systems, this issue does not occur. (I.e. both
> > in mu4e and in mu on the commandline these characters are correctly
> > displayed.)
> > 
> > Since mu depends on xapian, it's possible the issue could also be with Guix's
> > xapian package.

> Does installing glibc-locales + logging in and out again have an
> effect?

> Greetings,
> Maxime.

> 


I've had glibc-locales installed for some time and have rebooted the machines many times.