(Man-getpage-in-background): Decode the process output by the system

locale coding system.

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/man.el b/lisp/man.el
index 9ed269a23b5..783b155c520 100644
--- a/lisp/man.el
+++ b/lisp/man.el
@@ -596,6 +596,9 @@ SECTION SUBJECT when prompted for a manual entry."
             ;; The following is so Awk script gets \n intact
             ;; But don't prevent decoding of the outside.
             (coding-system-for-write 'raw-text-unix)
+            ;; We must decode the output by a coding system that the
+            ;; systen locale suggests.
+            (coding-system-for-read locale-coding-system)
             ;; Avoid possible error by using a directory that always exists.
             (default-directory "/"))
         ;; Prevent any attempt to use display terminal fanciness.