On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 08:22:21PM +0000, Reuben Thomas wrote: > On Sun, 24 Feb 2008, Robert Millan wrote: > > >Package: zile > >Version: 2.2.52-1 > >Severity: normal > > > >When I type utf-8 chars, they don't appear in the editted file. For > >example, > >if I type 'ç' (0xc3 0xa7), I get a message saying: > > > > <a7> is undefined > > > >this didn't happen with earlier versions (I'm using 2.2.24 to write this > >message). > > Zile doesn't support UTF-8 (or any other form of Unicode). When you send > 0xc3 0xa7, Zile sees it one byte at a time. It turns out that isprint > returns false for 0xa7 in your locale, so Zile doesn't bind it to > self-insert. From my point of view, this is not a bug. I don't recommend > Debian's patching it; I suggest it be closed wontfix.
Lack of UTF-8 support never bothered me, precisely because earlier versions of Zile didn't complain if a character wasn't printable. So, even if I couldn't read UTF-8 with Zile, I could type it. I think it's a very bad idea to disallow typing non-printable characters _before_ UTF-8 support has been implemented. It breaks a valid use case! I hope you reconsider. I find Zile a very good editor, and it'd be a pity I had to avoid it whenever I have to write in my native language (Catalan). -- Robert Millan <GPLv2> I know my rights; I want my phone call! <DRM> What use is a phone call… if you are unable to speak? (as seen on /.) -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
