On Sun, Oct 31, 1999 at 02:12:24PM +0900, Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote: > From: Tomasz Wegrzanowski <maniek@beer.com> > Subject: all xterms > Date: Sat, 30 Oct 1999 21:49:41 +0200 > > > The original xterm(1x) is not good but it is default of many > > programs and xwms. Forcing of use of any other xterm wont be > > good also. I suggest making a file `/usr/X11R6/bin/sensible-xterm' > > and using it by all xwms and other programs that have to use a xterm. > > The user's favourite program will be set in XTERM > > variable and if this variable hasnt been found, > > sensible-xterm will run `xterm'. > > This is a good idea. No, it's not. > Personally, I rarely use xterm, because it cannot display Japanese > character. However, for example, Debian menu system uses xterm > as a terminal-emulator on which console softwares work. With > 'sensible-xterm', Debian menu system will be usable for Japanese > (, Korean, and Chinese) people because I will be able to select > kterm or krxvt. (AFAIK, they are only two terminal-emulators which > can display Japanese characters.) Then these packages should be modified to provide the x-terminal-emulator virtual package and use update-alternatives to register the x-terminal-emulator alternative. See the xterm package for how to do this. "sensible-xterm" is a complely idiotic idea. The solution I have already implemented will do everything that is needed. The trick now is to get the package maintainers of all the other terminal emulators on board. -- G. Branden Robinson | Software engineering: that part of Debian GNU/Linux | computer science which is too difficult branden@ecn.purdue.edu | for the computer scientist. cartoon.ecn.purdue.edu/~branden/ |
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