Bug#319390: xterm: chinese fonts can not be displayed in color

[Thomas Dickey <dickey@his.com>]

On Mon, 28 Feb 2011, Cyril Brulebois wrote:

> Hi Paul,
>
> below, Thoams's message, since you weren't Cc'd.
>
> Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> (21/07/2005):
> > On Thu, Jul 21, 2005 at 10:20:06PM +0200, Paul Brossier wrote:
> > > Package: xterm
> > > Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-3
> > > Severity: normal
> > >
> > > i have a test file called 中文繁-üߢ.mp3. if i run /bin/ls, the filename
> > > is displayed correctly. if i run /bin/ls --color=auto, the chinese
> > > characters are replaced by dashed squares. copy paste still works.
> > > colored ls in gnome-terminal works fine.
> >
> > It looks fine when I paste the filename and do that - subject to the
> > issue that some fontsizes do not have the required glyphs.  In the
> > largest fontsize, the glyphs before the "-" are boxes, but in the
> > second largest fontsize, they're recognizable.  If that's what you
> > are seeing, as far as I know that's a problem with the fonts available.

> Could you please send a status update?

If it's as I stated above, that's probably unchanged (since it appears 
that fonts aren't being modified that much).

Generally, the effect would be worse for TrueType fonts, since their 
coverage tends to be poor, making applications rely upon fontsets (which 
aren't implemented in xterm).

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