Bug#462146: xterm: backspace deletes twice much of characters for each UTF-8 character

[Németh Márton <nm127@freemail.hu>]

Julien Cristau wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2008 at 21:10:36 +0100, Németh Márton wrote:
> 
>> Package: xterm
>> Version: 231-1
>> Severity: important
>>
>> When xterm is switched to UTF-8 mode it is possible to enter UTF-8 characters in bash.
>> However, if an UTF-8 character entered, you can press the backspace two times and it will
>> delete the prompt also.
>>
> does that happen when using uxterm?

When I try to run uxterm it the following error appears on STDERR:

uxterm tried to use locale hu_HU.UTF-8 by setting $LANG

And a dialog box pops up with the following message (see the attached
uxterm_popup.png):

[xmessage]
uxterm tried unsuccessfully to use locale hu_HU.UTF-8
by setting $LANG to "hu_HU.UTF-8".
[okay]

If I push "okay", uxterm just exits.

My locale says the following:
$ locale -a
C
hu_HU
hu_HU.iso88592
hungarian
POSIX
$

Regards,

	Márton Németh