Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 11:05:27PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:53:31PM -0600, Randy McMurchy wrote: > > > > I have version 287 installed and have the exact same error in my configure > > logs. > > > Thanks. If I manage to fix it, I'll commit the change. At the > momen

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 02:53:31PM -0600, Randy McMurchy wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote these words on 02/10/13 13:04 CST: > > configure:14508: checking for usable Xft/fontconfig package > > configure:14534: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE > > -DNARROWPROTO=1 -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DOSMAJORVERSION=3 -DOS

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Bruce Dubbs
Randy McMurchy wrote: > Ken Moffat wrote these words on 02/10/13 13:04 CST: >> configure:14508: checking for usable Xft/fontconfig package >> configure:14534: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE >> -DNARROWPROTO=1 -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DOSMAJORVERSION=3 -DOSMINORVERSION=8 >> -I/usr/include/freetype2 c

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Randy McMurchy
Ken Moffat wrote these words on 02/10/13 13:04 CST: > configure:14508: checking for usable Xft/fontconfig package > configure:14534: gcc -o conftest -g -O2 -D_GNU_SOURCE > -DNARROWPROTO=1 -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DOSMAJORVERSION=3 -DOSMINORVERSION=8 > -I/usr/include/freetype2 conftest.c -lXft -lXmu -lX

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 09:25:21PM +0100, Aleksandar Kuktin wrote: > >On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:04:29 + > >Ken Moffat wrote: > > > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 05:17:58PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > > Oh well, > > > perhaps (some) legacy fonts need to stay in the book for xterm. > > > [sigh/]. >

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Aleksandar Kuktin
>On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 19:04:29 + >Ken Moffat wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 05:17:58PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > > Oh well, > > perhaps (some) legacy fonts need to stay in the book for xterm. > > [sigh/]. > > > Actually, it looks like a configure problem in xterm, prompted by a > toolc

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 05:17:58PM +, Ken Moffat wrote: > Oh well, > perhaps (some) legacy fonts need to stay in the book for xterm. > [sigh/]. > Actually, it looks like a configure problem in xterm, prompted by a toolchain change in the last couple of years : configure:14508: checking for

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 01:08:56PM +0100, Aleksandar Kuktin wrote: > >On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:29:58 + > >Ken Moffat wrote: > > > So, does xterm handle these glyphs in UTF-8 for anyone ? If so, > > what do you have in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm or ~/.Xresources ? > > I can confirm that XTer

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Ken Moffat
On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 01:09:55PM +0100, Pierre Labastie wrote: > > OTH, I just see that comment in the file: > ! xterm can switch at runtime between bitmap (default) and TrueType fonts. > ! The "faceSize" resource controls the size of the latter. However, it was > ! originally given with a size

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Pierre Labastie
Le 10/02/2013 12:58, Pierre Labastie a écrit : > On Debian, the last four lines of /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm are > commented out (including the faceName one), so those lines might not be > the ones you want to modify. > > Sorry, that is not accurate. I meant that the lines *VT100*locale: true *V

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Aleksandar Kuktin
>On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 02:29:58 + >Ken Moffat wrote: > So, does xterm handle these glyphs in UTF-8 for anyone ? If so, > what do you have in /etc/X11/app-defaults/XTerm or ~/.Xresources ? I can confirm that XTerm renders the string correctly for me. Since I have no idea how does one configu

Re: [blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-10 Thread Pierre Labastie
Le 10/02/2013 03:29, Ken Moffat a écrit : > In connection with reviewing the TrueType fonts I build, I was > going to ask if there was a reason why the book still installs > legacy xorg fonts. I've only used TTF/OTF fonts for several years, > and the only issue I've noticed is that xcalc can't d

[blfs-dev] Does xterm work for UTF-8 ?

2013-02-09 Thread Ken Moffat
In connection with reviewing the TrueType fonts I build, I was going to ask if there was a reason why the book still installs legacy xorg fonts. I've only used TTF/OTF fonts for several years, and the only issue I've noticed is that xcalc can't display a square root sign on the appropriate keycap