I seem to have a working version of a Unicode NetHack patch. I have provided it for anyone who would like to hammer away on it. This is pre-pre-pre-alpha type stuff and I am not responsible for any damages to your computer or any of your software or data. I have only tested it on a Linux system, nothing else. I don't have an Amiga, SPARC, or anything like that. If you want to test it on those, go right ahead. It requires the library wchar.h, which is common with gcc, but I don't know what other wacky build things NetHack supports. This code is released under the GNU Public License.
Enable IBMgraphics.
Map Drawing
Identification by cursor (thing is correctly identified, wrong symbol is displayed)
Everything Else
version 0.1: nethack-3.4.3-unicode-0.1.diff
March 17th 2007 - Initial rewrite of Ray Chason's Unicode Proof of Concept.
March 21st 2007 - Released version 0.1
Linux
xterm v223
Please do not contact me for information on how to apply patches, configure NetHack for your system, or compile NetHack. This information is readily available elsewhere, including NetHack's official site. Please feel free to contact me regarding your own contributions and insights regarding the patch - use the subject line `NetHack Unicode Patch'.