on Tue, Mar 27, 2001 at 01:36:50PM -0600, will trillich (will@serensoft.com) wrote: > i finally did > > apt-get install SVGATextMode > > and love it. (so far no smoke, no meltdown...) > > only problem i get is in mutt after a > > SVGATextMode 80x30x9 > > (console mode, not within xwindows) where the secondary character > set (i.e.graphics) are munged about somehow... > > the threading 'graphic' characters that show message parent/child > relationships change from single-line items to unrelated > double-line characters. for example, "horizontal bar" (as if > drawing a line straight east/west across the center of the > character) that's used where the "-" is in this context: > > message1 > +-> replytomessage1 In console mode, check your fonts used under SVGATextMode. I have the following font entries in /etc/TextConfig (I think they're default): Option "LoadFont" FontProg "/usr/bin/consolechars -f" FontPath "/usr/share/consolefonts" FontSelect "lat1u-16" 8x16 9x16 8x15 9x15 FontSelect "lat1u-14" 8x14 9x14 8x13 9x13 FontSelect "lat1u-12" 8x12 9x12 8x11 9x11 FontSelect "lat1u-10" 8x10 9x10 8x9 9x9 FontSelect "lat1u-08" 8x8 9x8 8x7 9x7 Also check your internationalization settings: $ locale LANG=en_US LC_CTYPE=en_US LC_NUMERIC="en_US" LC_TIME="en_US" LC_COLLATE="en_US" LC_MONETARY="en_US" LC_MESSAGES="en_US" LC_PAPER="en_US" LC_NAME="en_US" LC_ADDRESS="en_US" LC_TELEPHONE="en_US" LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US" LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US" LC_ALL= ...in my case. You may have to run locale-gen and munge some files to get this properly configured. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://kmself.home.netcom.com/ What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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