diff -Nur grip-3.1.2.orig/src/status_window.c grip-3.1.2/src/status_window.c
--- grip-3.1.2.orig/src/status_window.c	2003-10-02 05:15:56 +0400
+++ grip-3.1.2/src/status_window.c	2003-10-25 14:45:32 +0400
@@ -82,13 +82,14 @@
 /* Write a line of output to a status window */
 void StatusWindowWrite(StatusWindow *sw,char *msg)
 {
-  char *buf;
+  char *buf, *locale_msg;
   int len;
   int pos=0;
 
   /*  gtk_widget_queue_resize(sw->term_widget);*/
 
-  len=strlen(msg);
+  locale_msg=g_locale_from_utf8(msg,-1,NULL,&len,NULL);
+  msg=locale_msg;
 
   buf=(char *)malloc((len*2)+1);
 
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@
   }
   
   buf[pos]='\0';
+  g_free(locale_msg);
 
   /*  zvt_term_feed((ZvtTerm *)sw->term_widget,buf,strlen(buf));*/