From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 26 15:11:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 55E9816A5EB for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:11:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jr@opal.com) Received: from smtp.vzavenue.net (smtp.vzavenue.net [66.171.59.140]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBAA743F93 for ; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:36:04 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jr@opal.com) Received: from 118.79.171.66.subscriber.vzavenue.net (HELO linwhf.opal.com) ([66.171.79.118]) by smtp.vzavenue.net with ESMTP; 26 Jun 2006 10:36:04 -0400 X-REPUTATION: -0.7 X-REMOTE-IP: 66.171.79.118 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== X-IronPort-AV: i="4.06,176,1149480000"; d="scan'208"; a="38862793:sNHT19982754" Received: from linwhf.opal.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by linwhf.opal.com (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k5QEa2Ok099091; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:36:02 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jr@opal.com) Received: from 127.0.0.1 ([127.0.0.1] helo=linwhf.opal.com) by ASSP-nospam; 26 Jun 2006 10:36:02 -0400 Received: (from jr@localhost) by linwhf.opal.com (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id k5QEZxvu099090; Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:35:59 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from jr) Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 10:35:59 -0400 From: "J.R. Oldroyd" To: Thomas Dickey Message-ID: <20060626143559.GJ48766@linwhf.opal.com> References: <6eb82e0606091906j7d9f69aarcf1f9738c7565677@mail.gmail.com> <20060625221640.GI48766@linwhf.opal.com> <20060626014939.GA74292@over-yonder.net> <20060626115840.vrmox3wo0gg08gog@netchild.homeip.net> <20060626102724.GA17962@saltmine.radix.net> <20060626125625.s899sqa99wcg8ssw@netchild.homeip.net> <20060626111100.GA1808@saltmine.radix.net> <20060626140541.y4vreq8vpcs804sk@netchild.homeip.net> <20060626122313.GA988@saltmine.radix.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="a8sldprk+5E/pDEv" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20060626122313.GA988@saltmine.radix.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Cc: Alexander Leidinger , freebsd-current@freebsd.org, "Matthew D. Fuller" Subject: Re: Unicode (was Re: Updating ncurses in base) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2006 15:11:54 -0000 --a8sldprk+5E/pDEv Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Since I posted the link to that document, I'd better add a comment. I'm using xterm myself, right now as I type this, in fact, and it works fine. And it's been fine since I put those notes together many months ago, i.e., it's been working on several earlier versions of the system. I have: unset LANG LC_COLLATE=POSIX LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 In .Xdefaults: xterm*vt100.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--18-120-100-100-c-90-iso10646-1 xterm*vt100.utf8Fonts.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--18-120-100-100-c-90-iso10646-1 This font has all the UTF-8 characters in the utf8demo.txt file, and is fine on a 1600x1200 display. For a smaller, say 1280x1024, display, I use: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1 but note that that font does not have all of the characters in the utf8demo.txt file, so some things display as dotted boxes. You'll have to experiment with different fonts to find one that has the characters you need. Of course, to get to use this usefully for things like email, you'll need to get ncurses and xterm working and then also a mailer and an editor. Mutt and nvi work fine in UTF-8 for me. -jr --a8sldprk+5E/pDEv Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iQDVAwUBRJ/wz0kkqUax7f6FAQJEsAYAlbibhsEY8mWNgWJnnq4U13Qh/14M7FoB EF5/ndRwaKkPwN4qLu5BfFhVaoU4fMJ61SAHpBKvGX4Hq0LRaOiCGF3xGg0nA8rv fK0Pski/muXQmVDWFPXpWw5IUEGX7VZIQyw6+iPtOHDruqCFa4PZS0ZO2U1XbrVY pt73Gi+HM30CY3tAbenC1/jztSb4UPI9O02rvVu59+qXlhuQ6xKnNl+S8rfF5CAY /ejarjNzR2cXbIYKFesaB9aOYPB/DIvr =WSu7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a8sldprk+5E/pDEv--