Package: xterm Version: 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 Followup-For: Bug #318923
Apparently it is no longer possible to start xterm in UTF-8 mode by default by setting xterm*VT100*utf8: in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm or in ~/.Xresources. Even if a UTF-8 capable font is present, display of non-ASCII chars is mangled (e.g. a "degree" sign, which is hex c2 b0 in UTF-8, is displayed as A-circumflex followed by a degree sign). To get proper UTF-8 display back, you have to do CTRL-RightClick, then select UTF-8 from the pop-up menu. But it should be possible to set this as default by using xterm*VT100*utf8: . As the OP said, this throws us back into "localization hell" (from which I was so glad to have escaped by changing to UTF-8...) Extra data point: I tried to preserve my own /etc/X11/app-defaults XTerm and XTerm-color files during upgrade. There is now an /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm-color.dpkg-dist file, but no /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm.dpkg-dist. MAybe something went wrong during the processing of /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm. But of course I don't know. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.25 Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Versions of packages xterm depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libexpat1 1.95.8-3 XML parsing C library - runtime li ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1 generic font configuration library ii libfreetype6 2.1.10-1 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libncurses5 5.4-8 Shared libraries for terminal hand ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System Session Management ii libxaw8 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Athena widget set library ii libxext6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System miscellaneous exte ii libxft2 2.1.7-1 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxmu6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System miscellaneous util ii libxp6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System printing extension ii libxpm4 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X pixmap library ii libxrender1 1:0.9.0-2 X Rendering Extension client libra ii libxt6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Toolkit Intrinsics ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System client libraries m ii xlibs-data 6.8.2.dfsg.1-2 X Window System client data Versions of packages xterm recommends: ii xutils 4.3.0.dfsg.1-14 X Window System utility programs -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
