diff -urN aterm-0.4.2.orig/autoconf/configure.in aterm-0.4.2/autoconf/configure.in
--- aterm-0.4.2.orig/autoconf/configure.in	Fri Sep  7 01:38:07 2001
+++ aterm-0.4.2/autoconf/configure.in	Mon Sep 17 06:28:09 2001
@@ -639,6 +639,14 @@
   AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TTYTAB_FILENAME, "$rxvt_cv_path_ttytab")
 fi
 
+dnl# find X Library
+AC_CHECK_LIB(Xmu, XmuInternAtom, X_LIBS="-lXmu $X_LIBS", [
+echo "ERROR:  You need libXmu to build Eterm.  Verify that you have libXmu.a or";
+echo "        libXmu.so installed and that it is located in the X libraries";
+echo "        directory shown above.  If it is in a different directory, try using";
+echo "        the --x-libraries parameter to configure.";
+             AC_MSG_ERROR([Fatal:  libXmu not found.])], $X_LIBS $SUBLIBS)
+
 dnl# this is a really hack test for some basic Xlocale stuff
 SAVETHELIBS=$LIBS
 LIBS="$LIBS $X_LIBS $X_PRE_LIBS $X_EXTRA_LIBS -lX11"
diff -urN aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/screen.c aterm-0.4.2/src/screen.c
--- aterm-0.4.2.orig/src/screen.c	Fri Sep  7 01:38:07 2001
+++ aterm-0.4.2/src/screen.c	Mon Sep 17 06:33:05 2001
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@
 
 #include <X11/Xatom.h>
 #include <X11/Xmd.h>		/* get the typedef for CARD32 */
-
+#include <X11/Xmu/Atoms.h>
 
 static screen_t    screen;
 
@@ -2761,6 +2761,9 @@
     unsigned char  *data;
     Atom            actual_type;
     int             actual_fmt;
+    XTextProperty   xtextp;
+    int             size, i, ret;
+    char          **cl;
 
     if (prop == None)
 	return;
@@ -2772,7 +2775,24 @@
 	    XFree(data);
 	    return;
 	}
-	PasteIt(data, nitems);
+	if (actual_type == XA_STRING) {
+	    /* for Netscape-3.01 ... etc. They are not using compound text.
+	     * Please do not send Japanese text coded by extended unix code.
+	     * (;_;)
+	     */
+	    PasteIt(data, strlen(data));
+	} else {
+	    xtextp.value    = data;
+	    xtextp.encoding = actual_type;
+	    xtextp.format   = actual_fmt;
+	    xtextp.nitems   = nitems;
+	    XmbTextPropertyToTextList(Xdisplay, &xtextp, &cl, &size);
+
+	    for (i = 0 ; i < size ; i ++) {
+		PasteIt(cl[i], strlen(cl[i]));
+	    }
+	    XFreeStringList(cl);
+	}
 	XFree(data);
     }
 }
@@ -2797,7 +2817,7 @@
 	selection_paste(Xroot, XA_CUT_BUFFER0, False);
     } else {
 	prop = XInternAtom(Xdisplay, "VT_SELECTION", False);
-	XConvertSelection(Xdisplay, XA_PRIMARY, XA_STRING, prop, TermWin.vt,
+	XConvertSelection(Xdisplay, XA_PRIMARY, XA_COMPOUND_TEXT(Xdisplay), prop, TermWin.vt,
 			  tm);
     }
 }
@@ -2833,6 +2853,8 @@
     unsigned char  *new_selection_text;
     char           *str;
     text_t         *t;
+    char           *l[1];
+    XTextProperty  xtextp;
 
     D_SELECT((stderr, "selection_make(): selection.op=%d, selection.clicks=%d", selection.op, selection.clicks));
     switch (selection.op) {
@@ -3351,10 +3373,23 @@
 			(unsigned char *)target_list,
 			(sizeof(target_list) / sizeof(target_list[0])));
 	ev.xselection.property = rq->property;
-    } else if (rq->target == XA_STRING) {
-	XChangeProperty(Xdisplay, rq->requestor, rq->property, rq->target,
-			8, PropModeReplace, selection.text, selection.len);
-	ev.xselection.property = rq->property;
+    } else if (rq->target == XA_STRING ||
+	    rq->target == XA_TEXT(Xdisplay) ||
+	    rq->target == XA_COMPOUND_TEXT(Xdisplay)) {
+	XTextProperty xtextp;
+	char *l[1];
+	*l = selection.text;
+	xtextp.value  = NULL;
+	xtextp.nitems = 0;
+	if (XmbTextListToTextProperty(Xdisplay, l, 
+				    1, XCompoundTextStyle, &xtextp) == Success) {
+	    if (xtextp.nitems > 0 && xtextp.value != NULL) {
+		XChangeProperty( Xdisplay, rq->requestor, rq->property,
+				XA_COMPOUND_TEXT(Xdisplay), 8, PropModeReplace,
+				xtextp.value, xtextp.nitems );
+		 ev.xselection.property = rq->property ;
+	    }
+	}
     }
     XSendEvent(Xdisplay, rq->requestor, False, 0, &ev);
 }