Bug#599633: xterm: Please document reason for x11-utils recommends
>>>>> Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com> writes:
>>>>> On Sat, 9 Oct 2010, Josh Triplett wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, Oct 09, 2010 at 05:05:57PM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, 9 Oct 2010, Josh Triplett wrote:
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>>>> Ah, luit makes sense; so, uxterm needs x11-utils to handle
>>>> non-UTF-8 locales?
>>> That sounds correct.
>> How about the following addition to the package description, then:
>> "
>> xterm Recommends x11-utils for the "luit" Unicode-to-locale translation
>> helper, which uxterm needs in order to handle non-UTF-8 locales.
>> "
> something like that
> s/in order to/to/g
Now that both x11-utils and luit appear prominently in the
package's Description:, I'm curious is there any reason in
keeping this bug report open?
TIA.
>> (I also wonder whether koi8rxterm has some similar need, in which
>> case this description should mention that as well.)
> It might...
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