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Bug#584801: problem with German umlaut



On Sun, Jun  6, 2010 at 20:02:16 +0200, Harald Dunkel wrote:

> Package: xterm
> Version: 258-1
> 
> If I switch off UTF-8 mode and do 'cat strasse.txt' (attached) in bash, then
> the text is cut off at the German umlaut. 'xterm -e tail -f strasse.txt'
> shows the same problem. Using /bin/sh (a symlink to dash) the shell even
> gets stuck (which us a severe problem).
> 
> There is no such problem for gnome-terminal. Instead of the umlaut
> it prints '??'. dash exits as usual. I would suggest to do the same
> for xterm.
> 
That file is all ascii, so probably not what you wanted to attach.

Cheers,
Julien

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