From: Simon Strandgaard Date: 2004-05-20T17:14:19+09:00 Subject: Re: [bug] irb or xterm crash with UTF-8 Thomas Dickey wrote: > 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. server> xterm -k8 & ----- server> xterm -version XTerm(189) server> irb irb(main):001:0> $KCODE='U' => "U" irb(main):002:0> str = [0x70, 0x80, 0x90].pack('U*') => "p詑" irb(main):003:0> Yes, the -k8 fixes it. " -/+k8 turn on/off C1-printable classification " Without the -k8 option it still hangs. Does any applications output bytes in the C1 area? Can I safely assume that none is doing so? I wasn't able to compile xterm with freetype support, but I have freetype installed. server> freetype-config --version 9.5.3 server> freetype-config --libs -L/home/neoneye/stow/freetype/lib -lfreetype -lz server> freetype-config --cflags -I/home/neoneye/stow/freetype/include/freetype2 -I/home/neoneye/stow/freetype/include server> I tried configuring without the '--disable-freetype' option. server> ./configure --prefix=/home/neoneye/stow/xterm loading cache ./config.cache checking host system type... i386-unknown-freebsd5.1 (cached) Configuring for freebsd5.1 checking for gcc... (cached) gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... (cached) yes checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... (cached) gcc -E checking whether gcc needs -traditional... (cached) no checking for mawk... (cached) nawk checking for a BSD compatible install... (cached) /usr/bin/install -c checking for AIX... no checking for POSIXized ISC... no checking for ncurses/term.h... (cached) no checking for stdlib.h... (cached) yes checking for termios.h... (cached) yes checking for unistd.h... (cached) yes checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... (cached) yes checking for size_t in or ... (cached) yes checking for ANSI C header files... (cached) yes checking for time_t... (cached) yes checking for bcopy... (cached) yes checking for gethostname... (cached) yes checking for getlogin... (cached) yes checking for memmove... (cached) yes checking for strerror... (cached) yes checking for strftime... (cached) yes checking for tcgetattr... (cached) yes checking for waitpid... (cached) yes checking for memmove... (cached) yes checking for full tgetent function... (cached) -ltermcap checking for lastlog.h... (cached) no checking for paths.h... (cached) yes checking for lastlog path... (cached) no checking for utmp implementation... (cached) utmp checking if utmp.ut_host is declared... (cached) yes checking if utmp.ut_name is declared... (cached) ut_name checking for exit-status in utmp... (cached) no checking if utmp.ut_xtime is declared... (cached) no checking if utmp.ut_session is declared... (cached) no checking if utmp is SYSV flavor... (cached) no checking if you want to link with utempter... no checking if external errno is declared... (cached) yes checking if external errno exists... (cached) yes checking for tty group name... (cached) tty checking if we may use tty group... (cached) yes checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... (cached) -DCC_HAS_PROTOS checking for working const... (cached) yes checking for Cygwin environment... (cached) no checking for mingw32 environment... (cached) no checking for executable suffix... (cached) no checking for object suffix... (cached) o checking for sys/wait.h that is POSIX.1 compatible... (cached) yes checking for POSIX wait functions... (cached) yes checking if external sys_nerr is declared... (cached) yes checking if external sys_nerr exists... (cached) yes checking if external sys_errlist is declared... (cached) yes checking if external sys_errlist exists... (cached) yes checking if we should define SYSV... (cached) no checking for elf_begin in -lelf... (cached) no checking if we must define _GNU_SOURCE... (cached) no checking for X... (cached) libraries /usr/X11R6/lib, headers /usr/X11R6/include checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet... (cached) no checking for dnet_ntoa in -ldnet_stub... (cached) no checking for gethostbyname... (cached) yes checking for connect... (cached) yes checking for remove... (cached) yes checking for shmat... (cached) yes checking for IceConnectionNumber in -lICE... (cached) yes checking for XOpenDisplay... (cached) no checking for XOpenDisplay in -lX11... (cached) yes checking for XtAppInitialize... (cached) no checking for XtAppInitialize in -lXt... (cached) yes checking for X11/DECkeysym.h... (cached) yes checking for X11/Sunkeysym.h... (cached) yes checking for X11/Xpoll.h... (cached) yes checking for XextCreateExtension in -lXext... (cached) yes checking for X11/Xaw/SimpleMenu.h... yes checking for XawSimpleMenuAddGlobalActions in -lXaw -lXmu... yes checking for declaration of fd_set... (cached) sys/types.h checking for IRIX 6.5 baud-rate redefinitions... (cached) no checking for grantpt... (cached) yes checking for xterm... (cached) /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm checking for XKB Bell extension... (cached) yes checking for Xutf8LookupString... (cached) yes checking if we should use imake to help... yes checking for xmkmf... (cached) /usr/X11R6/bin/xmkmf checking for default terminal-id... vt100 checking for default terminal-type... xterm checking for private terminfo-directory... none checking if you want active-icons... yes checking if you want ANSI color... yes checking if you want 16 colors like aixterm... yes checking if you want 256 colors... no checking if you want 88 colors... no checking if you want blinking cursor... yes checking if you want to ignore Linux's broken palette-strings... no checking if you want to allow broken string-terminators... no checking if you want printable 128-159... yes checking if you want bold colors mapped like IBM PC... yes checking if you want separate color-classes... yes checking if you want color-mode enabled by default... yes checking if you want support for color highlighting... yes checking if you want support for doublesize characters... yes checking if you want fallback-support for box characters... yes checking if you want to use FreeType library... yes checking for xft-config... (cached) /usr/X11R6/bin/xft-config checking for X FreeType headers... (cached) yes checking for X FreeType libraries... (cached) yes checking if you want support for HP-style function keys... no checking if you want support for SCO-style function keys... no checking if you want support for internationalization... yes checking if you want support for initial-erase setup... yes checking if you want support for input-method... yes checking if X libraries support input-method... (cached) no checking if you want support for load-vt-fonts... no checking if you want support for logging... no checking if you want support for iconify/maximize translations... yes checking if you want NumLock to override keyboard tables... yes checking if you want support for pty-handshaking... yes checking if you want support for right-scrollbar... yes checking if you want check for redundant name-change... yes checking if you want support for session management... yes checking if you want to use termcap-query/report... no checking if you want support for tek4014... yes checking if you want pulldown menus with a toolbar... no checking if you want VT52 emulation... yes checking if you want to use luit... no checking if you want wide-character support... no checking if you want dynamic-abbreviation support... no checking if you want DECterm Locator support... no checking if you want -ziconbeep option... yes checking if you want debugging traces... no checking if you want to see long compiling messages... yes checking if you want magic cookie emulation... no checking if you want to turn on gcc warnings... no updating cache ./config.cache creating ./config.status creating Makefile creating xtermcfg.h server> gmake gcc -I. -I. -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I/usr/X11R6/include -DCSRG_BASED -DFUNCPROTO=15 -DNARROWPROTO -DUTMP -DOSMAJORVERSION=5 -DOSMINORVERSION=1 -I/usr/X11R6/include -DPROJECTROOT='"/usr/X11R6"' -g -O2 yes -c ./button.c gcc: yes: No such file or directory In file included from ptyx.h:79, from xterm.h:255, from button.c:62: /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:41:31: freetype/freetype.h: No such file or directory In file included from ptyx.h:79, from xterm.h:255, from button.c:62: /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:58: syntax error before "_XftFTlibrary" /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:58: warning: data definition has no type or storage class /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:92: syntax error before "FT_UInt" /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:99: syntax error before "FT_UInt" /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:196: syntax error before '*' token /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:301: syntax error before '*' token /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:360: syntax error before "XftLockFace" /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:360: warning: data definition has no type or storage class /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:399: syntax error before '*' token /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:405: syntax error before '*' token /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:414: syntax error before "FT_UInt" /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:424: syntax error before "XftCharIndex" /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:426: warning: data definition has no type or storage class /usr/X11R6/include/X11/Xft/Xft.h:467: syntax error before '*' token gmake: *** [button.o] Error 1 server> It seems as a problem with freetype.. > > 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). kudos. -- Simon Strandgaard