Markus Kuhn writes: > xterm currently still converts tabs into spaces and drops > combining characters if there are more than two per base character. It > also drops most control characters, in particular it currently does not > preserve SGR.
The ability to copy and paste tabs and font selections isn't relevant to IDNs. However, the limit of two combining characters may interfere with some languages. Why two? ---D. J. Bernstein, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago
