Re: all xterms
Branden Robinson <branden@ecn.purdue.edu> writes:
> > 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=20
> > 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.
kterm and krxvt already do that.
> 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.
Then, don't we need a policy addition about that?
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Changwoo RYU
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