Bug#318162: xterm: boldMode enabled even if bold font is used
Package: xterm
Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2
Followup-For: Bug #318162
According to the xterm manpage, while boldMode is true by default,
if a bold font variant is found for a given non-bold font or specified
with -fb, boldMode should be turned off automatically.
Apparently this is broken and xterm currently does overstriking of the
bold font (producing an even bolder, near unreadable font).
Workaround:
Disable boldMode in .Xresources ("XTerm*boldMode: false").
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.12-ac7-vs1.9.5-htbatm-imq
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages xterm depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime li
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1 generic font configuration library
ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libncurses5 5.4-8 Shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System Session Management
ii libxaw8 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Athena widget set library
ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System miscellaneous exte
ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar
ii libxmu6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System miscellaneous util
ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System printing extension
ii libxpm4 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X pixmap library
ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra
ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Toolkit Intrinsics
ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System client libraries m
ii xlibs-data 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System client data
Versions of packages xterm recommends:
ii xutils 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System utility programs
-- debconf information:
xterm/clobber_xresource_file: true
xterm/xterm_needs_devpts:
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