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--- a/INSTALL
+++ b/INSTALL
$ make configure
+Build settings are read from the file "config.make". To manually configure tig
+to use the ncurses library with wide character support, add the line:
+
+ LDLIBS = -lncursesw
+
Release notes documenting notable changes are available in the NEWS file. When
upgrading, you are advised to also read them after you have completed the
installation.
|=============================================================================
|Tool |Description
|git-core |Tig is just a frontend for git.
-|ncurses |Be sure to also have development files
+|ncurses or ncursesw |Be sure to have the development files
installed. Usually they are available in a
separate package ending with `-dev`.
+ Note also that ncurses with wide character
+ support (ncursesw) is required to properly
+ handle UTF-8 encoded strings.
|iconv |If iconv is not provided by the c library
you need to change the Makefile to link it
into the binary.