Bug#458432: xterm does not display Unicode glyphs beyond \uFFFF
On Tue, Jan 01, 2008 at 07:00:17PM +0100, Dr. Markus Waldeck wrote: I might have noticed this earlier, but was unfamiliar with fonts using codes past 0x. The oldest known script is sumerian cuneiform. I searched for free fonts and found George Douros fonts which were included in Debian after an wnpp. Fortunately the fonts use Unicode encoding which I prefer since I studied in Japan. According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_cuneiform) sumerian cuneiform are included since Unicode 5.0. but TrueType fonts use a different interface, which apparently does not have the same limitation (that's how xfd is able to display the font). Is it possibe to use this functionality in xterm? That's what you're using if you type xterm -fa Akkadian bitmap fonts use a different (-fn) option. However, xterm is translating all of the above-0x values to the replacement character as it reads them. To change this, I'll have to undo that - but replace the check with several other changes in the program to make bitmap fonts still work. (I didn't do that this week since I was closing out changes for #230). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net pgpcYa37g53dm.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#458432: xterm does not display Unicode glyphs beyond \uFFFF
I might have noticed this earlier, but was unfamiliar with fonts using codes past 0x. The oldest known script is sumerian cuneiform. I searched for free fonts and found George Douros fonts which were included in Debian after an wnpp. Fortunately the fonts use Unicode encoding which I prefer since I studied in Japan. According to wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_cuneiform) sumerian cuneiform are included since Unicode 5.0. but TrueType fonts use a different interface, which apparently does not have the same limitation (that's how xfd is able to display the font). Is it possibe to use this functionality in xterm? -- GMX FreeMail: 1 GB Postfach, 5 E-Mail-Adressen, 10 Free SMS. Alle Infos und kostenlose Anmeldung: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/freemail -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#458432: xterm does not display Unicode glyphs beyond \uFFFF
Package: xterm Version: 229-1 Severity: normal I tested the fonts in the package ttf-ancient-fonts. The work fine with openoffice and eclipse. But if I start an xterm with -fa Akkadian only glyphs below \u are displayed. Is this a limitation in xterm? -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#458432: xterm does not display Unicode glyphs beyond \uFFFF
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 11:40:08AM +0100, Dr. Markus Waldeck wrote: Package: xterm Version: 229-1 Severity: normal I tested the fonts in the package ttf-ancient-fonts. The work fine with openoffice and eclipse. But if I start an xterm with -fa Akkadian only glyphs below \u are displayed. Is this a limitation in xterm? yes. TrueType fonts might not have this limitation, but bitmap fonts have only the XDrawString16 interface to write characters. xterm is translating codes outside 0-0x to the replacement character. (I should investigate this further - thanks for the reminder) -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net pgprwtTS13OYK.pgp Description: PGP signature
Bug#458432: xterm does not display Unicode glyphs beyond \uFFFF
yes. TrueType fonts might not have this limitation, but bitmap fonts have only the XDrawString16 interface to write characters. xterm is translating codes outside 0-0x to the replacement character. (I should investigate this further - thanks for the reminder) Thank you for the answer! Unfortunately there is no XDrawString32 :-( -- Der GMX SmartSurfer hilft bis zu 70% Ihrer Onlinekosten zu sparen! Ideal für Modem und ISDN: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/smartsurfer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#458432: xterm does not display Unicode glyphs beyond \uFFFF
On Mon, Dec 31, 2007 at 05:10:08PM +0100, Dr. Markus Waldeck wrote: yes. TrueType fonts might not have this limitation, but bitmap fonts have only the XDrawString16 interface to write characters. xterm is translating codes outside 0-0x to the replacement character. (I should investigate this further - thanks for the reminder) Thank you for the answer! Unfortunately there is no XDrawString32 :-( yes - but TrueType fonts use a different interface, which apparently does not have the same limitation (that's how xfd is able to display the font). I might have noticed this earlier, but was unfamiliar with fonts using codes past 0x. -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net pgp3bmBqKt9Pd.pgp Description: PGP signature
