xterm: Changes to 'debian-unstable'
debian/NEWS | 12 ++++++++++++
debian/changelog | 9 +++++++++
debian/xterm.README.Debian | 16 +---------------
3 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 6c3e9b0f0aca55831e6168919caa585704717fc5
Author: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Date: Fri May 14 19:58:21 2010 +0200
Add a NEWS entry about the changed default value for pointerMode
Request and wording from Bob Proulx, thanks!
Closes: #581653.
diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..704feaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debian/NEWS
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+xterm (249-1) unstable; urgency=low
+
+ The default value for 'pointerMode' has changed. 'pointerMode'
+ specifies when the pointer may be hidden as the user types. It will
+ be redisplayed if the user moves the mouse, or clicks one of its
+ buttons. Previously the default value was "0" meaning never hide the
+ pointer. The default is now "1" meaning hide the pointer after the
+ user has typed, if the xterm has not activated mouse mode. To
+ restore the previous behavior set the X resource XTerm*pointerMode
+ to "0". (e.g. XTerm*pointerMode:0)
+
+ -- Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> Fri, 14 May 2010 19:56:07 +0200
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 253e302..d351092 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ xterm (258-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* README.Debian: drop obsolete content, including a link to the old Debian X
FAQ (closes: #581647). Thanks, Bob Proulx!
+ * Add a NEWS entry about the changed default value for pointerMode (closes:
+ #581653). Request and wording from Bob Proulx, thanks!
-- Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> Fri, 14 May 2010 19:51:07 +0200
commit c42823c9e37063a8dd3e128980f39d49113395e8
Author: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
Date: Fri May 14 19:54:44 2010 +0200
README.Debian: drop obsolete content
* the old Debian X FAQ isn't installed in x11-common anymore
* base-passwd 2.0.3.4 was 11 years ago, we don't need to tell people to
upgrade to it
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8db1f7c..253e302 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+xterm (258-2) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
+
+ * README.Debian: drop obsolete content, including a link to the old Debian X
+ FAQ (closes: #581647). Thanks, Bob Proulx!
+
+ -- Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org> Fri, 14 May 2010 19:51:07 +0200
+
xterm (258-1) unstable; urgency=low
* terminfo: derive xterm{16,256,88}-color from xterm-debian (patch by Sven
diff --git a/debian/xterm.README.Debian b/debian/xterm.README.Debian
index 8b1a917..df8ea6b 100644
--- a/debian/xterm.README.Debian
+++ b/debian/xterm.README.Debian
@@ -1,20 +1,6 @@
Debian README for xterm package
===============================
-Newcomers to the X Window System should first read the Debian X FAQ
-(Frequently Asked Questions list): /usr/share/doc/x11-common/FAQ.gz.
-You can view this file with your favorite pager program after decompressing
-it. For example:
- $ zcat /usr/share/doc/x11-common/FAQ.gz | pager
-
-As of version 3.3.4-1, xterm logs to the wtmp and lastlog files. If you do
-not have a utmp group on your system, xterm will be installed setuid root
-instead of setgid utmp. xterm drops its root privileges after it
-initializes, so if it is setuid this can result in corrupt wtmp entries.
-The best thing to do is make a utmp group in /etc/group, or upgrade to
-version 2.0.3.4 or later of the base-passwd package, so that you have a
-utmp group.
-
The xterm terminal type on a Debian system is an alias for xterm-debian.
This means that "xterm" and "xterm-debian" are interchangeable as values of
the $TERM environment variable in the shell. Since the xterm-debian type
@@ -37,7 +23,7 @@ Debian uses may be found in the xterm documentation directory,
/usr/share/doc/xterm. People interested in reading further to stock up
ammo for their backspace/delete and terminal type wars should consult Tom
Dickey's (current maintainer of the xterm source code) FAQ, available in
-the file /usr/share/doc/xterm/xterm.faq{html,text.gz} and the website
+the file /usr/share/doc/xterm/xterm.faq.{html,gz} and the website
<http://vt100.net>.
The default keymappings for xterm are different than they are upstream to
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