* Thomas Dickey <dickey@saltmine.radix.net> [2004:02:27:17:32:55-0000] scribed: > 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. Yes, I thought so, too; except that, of the six (6) uxterm's I currently have up on this box, one (1) of them displays the example manpage correctly. I do not have any idea how this one can be different, since I started all six in exactly the same way, and I have not made any configuration changes. What do you think? -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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