Bug#235046: uxterm: fails to display characters

[Juergen Kreileder <jk@blackdown.de>]

Michael D. Schleif <mds@helices.org> writes:

> 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.

These are probably bugs in the manpages: They use '-' where '\-'
should be used.  You might want to file bugs similar to #180618 (which
is for less(1)).


        Juergen

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Juergen Kreileder, Blackdown Java-Linux Team
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