On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Thomas Dickey wrote: > > >> Would it be sensible and acceptable to have xterm default to > >> using the encoding of the user's locale at startup? Seems to be > > > >only if you happen to be running redhat 8.x > > I'd like to know what problems are caused by autodetecting the > user's locale, and having xterm use the user's encoding by > default.
redhat's policy of setting utf-8 locale globally makes it at best awkward for remote connections. > > I'd also like to know what good technical reasons the existing > defaults are superior for. > > Other than taking blind potshots at Red Hat Linux, and what > appears to be your disapproval of UTF-8, do you have any valid > technical comment to contribute as a response to my question > perhaps? I'd love to hear actual technical feedback if there is > any. frankly, I'm sure I know more about the topic than you do; and am irritated by your snide remarks on this list. -- T.E.Dickey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
