Some fixes to multi-byte character strings

[Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer]

Hi developers,

I think that my patch addresses bug #315744
https://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?func=detail&atid=100031&aid=315744&group_id=30018,
so it would be fine to get it accepted.

Thanks,
Matthias Wallnöfer

Matthias Dieter Wallnöfer schrieb:
> Hi developers,
> 
> the following patch allows me to deal better with UTF-8 consoles in
> minicom. I have tested it with and without the "-R" (iconv) conversion
> feature.
> 
> Previously UTF-8 extended characters did not work without "-R utf-8" and
> when the -R option was specified, the UI translation wasn't shown
> correctly unless it was plain English (just ASCII characters).
> 
> Please review!
> 
> Thanks,
> Matthias Wallnöfer
>