From owner-svn-src-all@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 5 17:47:03 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-all@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BB0C51065680; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:47:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: from mail-bw0-f19.google.com (mail-bw0-f19.google.com [209.85.218.19]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C93968FC23; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 17:47:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ivoras@gmail.com) Received: by bwz12 with SMTP id 12so20266022bwz.19 for ; Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:47:01 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender :to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=VC5BIrvhk0Yw3wFkETLU09R23AHuzW6hieXyik1tcd0=; b=RPzwXZfsHC9ehU2azEwSoOM5Qolqfn5yC4EJBVqgMc3WOQpJBJ56RdN3Y7HxG5HQoL gxSNhwfHwKNjp+ouu//HHvyEwOu5XYCq2s83YdiXxH7Bsn7ilDdSUiIAcXVkHU5jBJjD LfgmLtUBSPMake+n0uDeq1Kw9dFIMqY25ankM= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references:x-google-sender-auth; b=HFgwSGkXDMn6bMmSVD7tcJxLjYrAIaPQhOeCfU1iZ7t5hMeQ/XBqJafc8uVBT5znbS k+7dmKyZxstAUFOaDzqHl5eCuqpsEHpasV6nVdCdj4snOAJqpNROFn7PpMDJYZCBM5wp aRhTC/fP5yMdb/afOe9JiR1e2gfGxJCxrhMQ4= Received: by 10.181.48.13 with SMTP id a13mr8163169bkk.43.1231177603128; Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:46:43 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.180.208.17 with HTTP; Mon, 5 Jan 2009 09:46:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <9bbcef730901050946q64b59c9bvc0a5b587b2e7bb11@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:46:42 +0100 From: "Ivan Voras" Sender: ivoras@gmail.com To: "Ed Schouten" In-Reply-To: <20090105172243.GO14235@hoeg.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <200901040020.n040KIcc041121@svn.freebsd.org> <20090104120434.GF93900@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20090104121331.GC14235@hoeg.nl> <20090105171523.GC50568@dragon.NUXI.org> <20090105172243.GO14235@hoeg.nl> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9864927f289ca220 Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r186731 - head/sys/dev/syscons/teken X-BeenThere: svn-src-all@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "SVN commit messages for the entire src tree \(except for " user" and " projects" \)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:47:05 -0000 2009/1/5 Ed Schouten : > Hello David, > > * David O'Brien wrote: >> Why xterm and not vt100? > > The reason I'm proposing xterm, is because it is the best supported > terminal type out there. Example: if we would use TERM=vt100, we would > only get black & white. If we use TERM=vt100-color, we do get the > colors, but unfortunately we won't be compatible with other operating > systems. Solaris, for example, has no termtype called vt100-color. This > means the user has to change TERM by hand. > > TERM=xterm has proven to be very portable across different operating > systems and there are a lot of other pieces of software that try to > mimic it. At least the Terminal application in OS X, GNOME's > gnome-terminal, maybe KDE's Konsole as well. > > I hope that answers your question? Also, isn't xterm better suited for UTF-8?