Merge remote-tracking branch 'origin/main' into database

main.py

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ V 0.2.0
 
 import curses
 from pubsub import pub
+import os
 
 from utilities.arg_parser import setup_parser
 from utilities.interfaces import initialize_interface
@@ -17,6 +18,11 @@ from utilities.utils import get_channels
 from database import init_nodedb, load_messages_from_db
 import globals
 
+# Set environment variables for ncurses compatibility
+os.environ["NCURSES_NO_UTF8_ACS"] = "1"
+os.environ["TERM"] = "screen"
+os.environ["LANG"] = "C.UTF-8"
+
 def main(stdscr):
     draw_splash(stdscr)
     parser = setup_parser()

ui/curses_ui.py

@@ -357,4 +357,5 @@ def main_ui(stdscr):
                 update_messages_window()
         else:
             # Append typed character to input text
-            input_text += chr(char)
+            input_text += chr(char)
+