From: Thomas Dickey Date: 2004-05-20T09:43:49+09:00 Subject: Re: [bug] irb or xterm crash with UTF-8 Simon Strandgaard wrote: >> >> but the thread seems to indicate it wasn't setup properly for UTF-8 anyway. >> > yes.. I only wanted Ruby to use UTF-8.. but not output UTF-8. > I have one time long time ago made an attempt to switch xterm + the applications I > use to UTF-8.. but that didn't went out successfully. Im using iso8859-1 now, > but I am now considering making an attempt again. I took a quick look at your example, and (won't have time til the weekend) did see a problem in xterm that I'll have to investigate. The -k8 option shouldn't be needed, but does seem to "fix" the problem. >> > That makes sense. Thanks. >> >> > BTW: any suggestion for a better alternative than xterm? >> > hopefully with antialiased font rendering.. (but not qt) >> >> xterm does that... > yes, Carlos mailed me in private about this. > xterm -fa 'Luxi Mono'. > Thanks, lots of useful info. I wasn't aware that so many > other terminals are derived from xterm. not all are derived (in the literal sense), but many borrow ideas. On occasion I do see literal borrowing (I have a few examples in mind). > BTW: Thomas, its nice to see you hanging out in comp.lang.ruby :-) google is very helpful (I keep an eye out for problem reports). -- Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net