Terminal.app, Window-switching, and International Keyboard

Hi. I have a MBP running Mountain Lion (10.8.3), and I frequently work with Terminal.app. The following minor issue has been irritating me more and more recently: I can't use <Cmd>+<`> to switch Terminal windows using the "U.S. + International" keyboard.
The shortcut works for other applications I use, like Firefox (and other browsers), Outlook and other MS Office components, MacVim, etc. But Terminal.app ignores it. It appears under Terminal's own Windows menu, as "Cycle Through Windows" .
Thinking there might be some connection with my decision a few months ago to switch to the "U. S. International - PC" keyboard (for easier insertion of accents etc.), I went and switched that off ... Voila! Window-switching works again. But why is this necessary? Why can other applications deal with <Cmd>+<`> in U.S. International - PC mode, but Terminal.app can't?
I'd like both options to be available at the same time, so suggestions welcome.

AnonyMouse,
If not for what Cornelius suggests....you may wish to
have a look at the Apple Knowledge Base Article found
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=25730
Hope that helps some,
littleshoulders [:-)
++++++++
Hey there, littleshoulders, I owe ya a couple of beers! After reading the article that you referred me to, I checked my Font Book and sure enough, the Monaco font was missing, so I extracted the font from my installation disk using Pacifist once again, and installed it in HD/Library/Fonts. It then appeared in Font Book, so I launched Terminal and presto!, the full Terminal window appeared in all its glory. A big hug from me to you!
By the way, Pacifist has saved my sanity at least a half dozen times....it's one app that I can truly say is worth its weight in gold. As far as I'm concerned, it's a must have.
17" Powerbook - 1.5GHz - 1.5GB RAM Mac OS X (10.3.9)

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