Re: Bug#235046: uxterm: fails to display characters
Michael D. Schleif <mds@helices.org> wrote:
> Package: xterm
> Version: 4.2.1-12.1
> Severity: important
> Recently, I have begun using uxterm exclusively, rather than simple
> xterm. I have not made any configuration changes to locales nor uxterm
> recently. I experience this problem on at least four (4) different
> systems, some running kernel 2.4.24 and others 2.6.2.
> My best example is:
> man spamassassin
> The first `Options' section does *NOT* display the leading `-' and `--'
> characters. The second `OPTIONS' section displays leading `-' and `--'
> as expected. As I write this, I have five (5) uxterms open on this
> system, four (4) exhibit this problem, and one (1) displays this example
> manpage as expected.
> To be honest, so far, I have only experienced this problem in manpages,
> and I do not have evidence of other occurences.
> How can I facilitate troubleshooting this bug?
It's most likely a font problem (some fonts don't have the Unicode characters
that groff's maintainer decided to use rather than ASCII). The iso10646
fonts tend to be complete enough for this purpose, though the ones I'm
familiar with are are low quality.
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Thomas E. Dickey
http://invisible-island.net
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