On Wed, Apr 21, 2004 at 08:27:37AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Tue, 20 Apr 2004, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > > > ~> grep -i utf /etc/X11/Xresources/* > > > /etc/X11/Xresources/uxterm:UXTerm*utf8: on > > > > that would be ignored. > It is not: uxterm works - at least on the local box if I ignore all other stuff. The effect on my box (for just that resource setting) doesn't seem to make a difference. But that's running from the command-line. As you suggest, I'll setup some tests using the xrdb files. (Now that my attention is there - is there a separate Debian package for the files in /etc/X11/Xresources, or are these your own files?) > > > /etc/X11/Xresources/xterm:XTerm*utf8: 2 > > > > that might be used (depending on the script). I don't use xrdb. > > > > The manpage isn't explicit (does not state the value is an integer). > > It quotes the default value, which shows its type: > > > > utf8 (class Utf8) > > This specifies whether xterm will run in UTF-8 mode. > > If you set this resource, xterm also sets the > > wideChars resource as a side-effect. When set via a > > resource, xterm cannot be switched via control > > sequences out of UTF-8 mode. The default is ``0'' > > (off). Any other value will turn on UTF-8 mode. > Because you seem to know it exactly: Could you please file a bug against > this man page? I do use these emails to make my to-do list. > > > I did not changed this uxterm but I regard this uxterm as a really > > > bad missconception. For instance if you log in anywhere you have > > > to define a new TERM variable and whatever. Moreover, regarding to > > > your mail before it is set to 'on' instead to an integer. What's > > > wrong here. > > > > no - I stated > > > > "on" wouldn't work, since this resource happens to be an integer. > Sorry, for quoting you wrong: I ment uxterm is set wrong according to > your opinion, but it works. (Just try it.) > > > > When I had no characters at the places of Umlauts I was using > > > > > > LANG=de_DE@euro > > > LC_ALL=de_DE@euro > > > > > > I now switched to > > > > > > LANG=de_DE.UTF-8@euro > > > LC_ALL=de_DE.UTF-8@euro > > > > > > The result is different but not better: �¤ instead of ä (a-Umlaut), > > > etc - just two charcters. > > > > > > Note: All this happens with plain resource settings (see above). An > > > xterm -u8 > > > works fine. > > > > > > If you ask me I would like to change the severity of this bug to important, > > > because ist really smells like a missinterpretation of resources settings. > > > > so far it sounds like a documentation issue. > Not really. At least I do not have a working xterm since the last GDM > upgrade and if we do not find a solution for this (which should be documented, > sure) than it is more than a documentation issue. I'll do that (normally I'm running testing with startx/fvwm, but do have gdm installed - was still picking through the development things that got broken by the recent updates). > Kind regards > > Andreas. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net
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