$ OUT=$(LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 smenu -t 10 -w t0004.in)

ab      abc     éà      ùùù     €€€€    §§§§    →       ↓       ←       
40:07 41:07 42:07 43:07 44:07 45:07 46:07 
¦¦¦     ßßßxßßß 

$ 

$ echo ":$OUT:"

:§§§§:

$ exit 0