Package: xterm Version: 264-1 Severity: normal The bold fixed font changed in xterm 264-1 (see attached snapshots). On some characters the old one was more readable.
I've attached the output of "appres XTerm". Note: the bold text has been obtained with "tput bold". -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-5-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages xterm depends on: ii libc6 2.11.2-6 Embedded GNU C Library: Shared lib ii libfontconfig1 2.8.0-2.1 generic font configuration library ii libice6 2:1.0.6-1 X11 Inter-Client Exchange library ii libncurses5 5.7+20100313-4 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libutempter0 1.1.5-3 A privileged helper for utmp/wtmp ii libx11-6 2:1.3.3-3 X11 client-side library ii libxaw7 2:1.0.7-1 X11 Athena Widget library ii libxft2 2.1.14-2 FreeType-based font drawing librar ii libxmu6 2:1.0.5-2 X11 miscellaneous utility library ii libxt6 1:1.0.7-1 X11 toolkit intrinsics library ii xbitmaps 1.1.0-1 Base X bitmaps Versions of packages xterm recommends: ii x11-utils 7.5+4 X11 utilities Versions of packages xterm suggests: pn xfonts-cyrillic <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information
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*tek4014*fontLarge: 9x15 *tek4014*font2: 8x13 *tek4014*font3: 6x13 *tek4014*fontSmall: 6x10 *vtMenu*marginbell*Label: Enable Margin Bell *vtMenu*appcursor*Label: Enable Application Cursor Keys *vtMenu*tekmode*Label: Switch to Tek Mode *vtMenu*cursorblink*Label: Enable Blinking Cursor *vtMenu*appkeypad*Label: Enable Application Keypad *vtMenu*vthide*Label: Hide VT Window *vtMenu*titeInhibit*Label: Enable Alternate Screen Switching *vtMenu*scrollbar*Label: Enable Scrollbar *vtMenu*scrollkey*Label: Scroll to Bottom on Key Press *vtMenu*altscreen*Label: Show Alternate Screen *vtMenu*scrollttyoutput*Label: Scroll to Bottom on Tty Output *vtMenu*jumpscroll*Label: Enable Jump Scroll *vtMenu*activeicon*Label: Enable Active Icon *vtMenu*allow132*Label: Allow 80/132 Column Switching *vtMenu*reversevideo*Label: Enable Reverse Video *vtMenu*softreset*Label: Do Soft Reset *vtMenu*cursesemul*Label: Enable Curses Emulation *vtMenu*autowrap*Label: Enable Auto Wraparound *vtMenu*hardreset*Label: Do Full Reset *vtMenu*visualbell*Label: Enable Visual Bell *vtMenu*reversewrap*Label: Enable Reverse Wraparound *vtMenu*clearsavedlines*Label: Reset and Clear Saved Lines *vtMenu*poponbell*Label: Enable Pop on Bell *vtMenu*autolinefeed*Label: Enable Auto Linefeed *vtMenu*tekshow*Label: Show Tek Window *vtMenu.Label: VT Options *MenuButton*borderWidth: 0 *fontMenu*font6*Label: Huge *fontMenu*fontdefault*Label: Default *fontMenu*font2*Label: Tiny *fontMenu*font-doublesize*Label: Doublesized Characters *fontMenu*fontescape*Label: Escape Sequence *fontMenu*font1*Label: Unreadable *fontMenu*font3*Label: Small *fontMenu*font-loadable*Label: VT220 Soft Fonts *fontMenu*fontsel*Label: Selection *fontMenu*font4*Label: Medium *fontMenu*render-font*Label: TrueType Fonts *fontMenu*font5*Label: Large *fontMenu*font-linedrawing*Label: Line-Drawing Characters *fontMenu*utf8-mode*Label: UTF-8 *fontMenu.Label: VT Fonts *mainMenu*hpFunctionKeys*Label: HP Function-Keys *mainMenu*allowsends*Label: Allow SendEvents *mainMenu*backarrow key*Label: Backarrow Key (BS/DEL) *mainMenu*quit*Label: Quit *mainMenu*num-lock*Label: Alt/NumLock Modifiers *mainMenu*redraw*Label: Redraw Window *mainMenu*scoFunctionKeys*Label: SCO Function-Keys *mainMenu*alt-esc*Label: Alt Sends Escape *mainMenu*logging*Label: Log to File *mainMenu*suspend*Label: Send STOP Signal *mainMenu*meta-esc*Label: Meta Sends Escape *mainMenu*print*Label: Print Window *mainMenu*continue*Label: Send CONT Signal *mainMenu*delete-is-del*Label: Delete is DEL *mainMenu*print-redir*Label: Redirect to Printer *mainMenu*interrupt*Label: Send INT Signal *mainMenu*oldFunctionKeys*Label: Old Function-Keys *mainMenu*hangup*Label: Send HUP Signal *mainMenu*sunFunctionKeys*Label: Sun Function-Keys *mainMenu*toolbar*Label: Toolbar *mainMenu*8-bit control*Label: 8-Bit Controls *mainMenu*terminate*Label: Send TERM Signal *mainMenu*sunKeyboard*Label: VT220 Keyboard *mainMenu*securekbd*Label: Secure Keyboard *mainMenu*kill*Label: Send KILL Signal *mainMenu.Label: Main Options *SimpleMenu*menuLabel.font: -adobe-helvetica-bold-r-normal--*-120-*-*-*-*-iso8859-* *SimpleMenu*menuLabel.vertSpace: 100 *SimpleMenu*Sme.height: 16 *SimpleMenu*BackingStore: NotUseful *SimpleMenu*HorizontalMargins: 16 *SimpleMenu*Cursor: left_ptr *SimpleMenu*borderWidth: 2 *tekMenu*tekcopy*Label: COPY *tekMenu*tektext3*Label: #3 Size Characters *tekMenu*vtshow*Label: Show VT Window *tekMenu*tektextsmall*Label: Small Characters *tekMenu*vtmode*Label: Switch to VT Mode *tekMenu*tektextlarge*Label: Large Characters *tekMenu*tekpage*Label: PAGE *tekMenu*tekreset*Label: RESET *tekMenu*tektext2*Label: #2 Size Characters *tekMenu*tekhide*Label: Hide Tek Window *tekMenu.Label: Tek Options *form.Thickness: 0 *Scrollbar.thickness: 8 *Scrollbar.background: grey *Scrollbar.foreground: black *VT100.utf8Fonts.font4: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-c-80-iso10646-1 *VT100.utf8Fonts.font2: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--8-80-75-75-c-50-iso10646-1 *VT100.utf8Fonts.font6: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--20-200-75-75-c-100-iso10646-1 *VT100.utf8Fonts.font5: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--18-120-100-100-c-90-iso10646-1 *VT100.utf8Fonts.font3: -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--14-130-75-75-c-70-iso10646-1 *VT100.utf8Fonts.font: -misc-fixed-medium-r-semicondensed--13-120-75-75-c-60-iso10646-1 *VT100.colorBL: red *VT100.font2: 5x7 *VT100*font2: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-10-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *VT100.foreground: white *VT100.colorRV: green *VT100.colorBD: yellow *VT100.font3: 6x10 *VT100*font3: fixed *VT100.colorUL: cyan *VT100.font4: 7x13 *VT100*font4: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-12-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *VT100.charClass: 43:48,45-58:48,126:48 *VT100.translations: #override \n\ <Shift>Tab: string("\033[Z") \n\ <Ctrl>BackSpace: string("\027") \n\ <Ctrl>Up: scroll-back(1, line) \n\ <Ctrl>Down: scroll-forw(1, line) *VT100.oldXtermFKeys: true *VT100.font5: 9x15 *VT100*font5: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *VT100*font: fixed *VT100.reverseWrap: true *VT100.font6: 10x20 *VT100*font6: -adobe-courier-medium-r-normal-*-16-*-*-*-*-*-*-* *VT100.saveLines: 600 *VT100.font1: nil2 *VT100.geometry: 80x60 *VT100.backarrowKey: true *VT100.background: black *menubar.borderWidth: 0 *pointerMode: 2 *scrollTtyOutput: false *scrollKey: true *charClass: 33:48,35:48,37-38:48,43-47:48,58:48,61:48,63-64:48,126:48 *allowC1Printable: true *visualBell: true *backarrowKeyIsErase: true *deleteIsDEL: false *scrollBar: true *ptyInitialErase: true *eightBitInput: false *printerCommand: "" *saveLines: 1024 *eightBitOutput: true *keepSelection: true *termName: xterm-debian *pointerColor: red *IconFont: nil2