This patch extends tcs(1) to understand TUNE. http://www.tunerfc.tn.gov.in TUNE is a 16 bit encoding scheme for Tamil. Unlike Unicode, TUNE maps each character to a single glyph. This property of TUNE makes it straight forward to view/edit Tamil in Plan 9. Please use unicode.8.font from http://www.tip9ug.jp/who/art/lib/font/madhavi.tgz to view the Tamil glyphs in tune.c. Sample text to test tune.c: http://www.tip9ug.jp/who/art/lib/kp-tune.utf http://www.tip9ug.jp/who/art/lib/kp-uni.utf Pointers to TUNE and Unicode Tamil code charts are available in the Links section in http://www.tip9ug.jp/who/art/tamil Please let me know if any other information is needed. Thanks. Arvindh