I think this change should say something about full screen support. Otherwise, if 9term were modified such that -T is equivalent to -label, it would get the highest priority -- but it emulates a printer.
-- Raul On Sun, Jan 21, 2001 at 03:27:36PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote: > Package: debian-policy > Version: 3.2.1.2 > Severity: wishlist > > Rationale: allows for terminal emulators that play nicely with established > standards for command-line behavior to achieve higher priority in the > alternatives system (this has been requested from several parties in the > past); also promotes internationalized terminal emulators. > > --- policy.sgml.orig Sun Jan 21 14:48:38 2001 > +++ policy.sgml Sun Jan 21 15:26:37 2001 > @@ -5911,7 +5911,7 @@ > virtual package <tt>xserver</tt>. > <footnote> > <p> > - Rationale: implement current practice, and provide an > + Rationale: implements current practice, and provides an > actual policy for usage of the "xserver" virtual package > which appears in the virtual packages list. > In a nutshell, X servers that interface directly with > @@ -5931,8 +5931,38 @@ > should declare in their control data that they provide the > virtual package <tt>x-terminal-emulator</tt>. They should > also register themselves as an alternative for > - <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>, with a priority of > - 20. > + <tt>/usr/bin/x-terminal-emulator</tt>, with a priority calculated > + as follows: > + <list> > + <item>Start with a priority of 0.</item> > + <item>If the terminal emulator supports a command-line option of > + the form "-e <emph>command</emph>", where this option causes a > + new terminal window to appear running <emph>command</emph>, add > + 10 points.</item> > + <item>If the terminal emulator supports a command-line option > + of the form "-T <emph>title</emph>", where this option causes a > + new terminal window to appear with <emph>title</emph> passed to > + the window manager via an appropriate hint for titlebar > + decoration, add 10 points.</item> > + <item>If the terminal emulator supports UTF-8 encoded locales, > + add 10 points.</item> > + <item>If the terminal emulator supports fonts using the ISO > + 10646-1:2000 encoding (a.k.a "Unicode 3.0"), add 10 > + points. (This automatically implies ISO 10646 combining > + character support at implementation level 1, for contrast with > + the following.)</item> > + <item>If the terminal emulator supports ISO 10646 combining > + characters at implementation level 2, add 10 points.</item> > + <item>If the terminal emulator supports ISO 10646 combining > + characters at implementation level 3, add 10 points. > + <footnote> > + <p>For more information on UTF-8, Unicode, and ISO 10646, see > + <url id="http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html"; > + name="Markus Kuhn's UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ">. > + </p> > + </footnote> > + </item> > + </list> > </p> > > <p> > > -- > G. Branden Robinson | There's nothing an agnostic can't do > Debian GNU/Linux | if he doesn't know whether he believes > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | in it or not. > http://www.debian.org/~branden/ | -- Graham Chapman
