From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 15 00:59:23 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 097CA1065675 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:59:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) Received: from hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com (hrndva-omtalb.mail.rr.com [71.74.56.122]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA3AE8FC12 for ; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:59:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=yzBJXqq4_ukA:10 a=kj9zAlcOel0A:10 a=t11PITFJAAAA:8 a=BJWgrJJ2IDAtrZ0-AbAA:9 a=uMGfsSrMIWSEXRs5IH8q0d71i6cA:4 a=CjuIK1q_8ugA:10 X-Cloudmark-Score: 0 X-Originating-IP: 72.130.250.48 Received: from [72.130.250.48] ([72.130.250.48:51550] helo=localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com) by hrndva-oedge02.mail.rr.com (envelope-from ) (ecelerity 2.2.2.39 r()) with ESMTP id EA/4D-01839-8668D9B4; Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:59:21 +0000 Received: from holstein.holy.cow (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost.hawaii.res.rr.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id D5E6C35CD; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:01:00 -1000 (HST) Received: (from parv@localhost) by holstein.holy.cow (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) id o2F10xLB008363; Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:00:59 -1000 (HST) (envelope-from parv@pair.com) X-Authentication-Warning: holstein.holy.cow: parv set sender to parv@pair.com using -f Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 15:00:59 -1000 From: Parv To: Roland Smith Message-ID: <20100315010059.GA8014@holstein.holy.cow> Mail-Followup-To: Roland Smith , Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20100314114524.GB25702@slackbox.erewhon.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20100314114524.GB25702@slackbox.erewhon.net> Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Compose key and xterm vs. UTF-8 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:59:23 -0000 Nothing of susbtance here ... in message <20100314114524.GB25702@slackbox.erewhon.net>, wrote Roland Smith thusly... > > On Sun, Mar 14, 2010 at 12:16:45AM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > Short: > > ------ > > Why do compose key sequences fail to work in a UTF-8 xterm? > > The port x11/rxvt-unicode is lighter on resources then xterm, and > works fine with utf-8. (with LANG=en_US.UTF-8 and > LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8 set) I tried to open a genunine xterm window but a kterm-like window was opened. Tried it again; got another non-xterm window. The experience was rather annoying. After waking up I realized what had happened, and life went on as it was before. - parv --