Using extended characters with Xenix

[Paul Gillingwater]

We are doing software development that is intended for a Hispanic-
language customer.  We would like to use vi as our programming
editor, but it seems that it strips the eighth bit from characters
which are entered using the compose key on a VT220 compatible terminal.

Can someone please advise me how to force vi to desist from this obnoxious
behaviour, or tell me which SCO Xenix editor can be used?   And if
someone says EMACS, then please tell me where I can obtain a copy of
it for SCO Xenix 2.2, real fast!

Like, gag me with a popen(),

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