I have about 150 search and replace pairs and I'm trying to put them into the sigil_searches.ini file manually. Everything is working out fine, except the replace field includes unicode characters (e.g. āīūḷṇṭḍṁṅ) and they are converting to some sort of hex codes. That wouldn't be a problem, except that they aren't converting correctly. For example ū becomes \xc5 in the file and then shows up as ū in the saved search dialogue.
Sorry if it seems I don't know what I'm talking about. Because I don't
I hope someone can tell me what I might be doing wrong.