Package: ncurses Version 5.9+20140913-1 Severity: wishlist There is a need for a new terminal definition, which I call xterm-256color-utf8. It is based on xterm-256color, except that it does not support the alternate character set when operating in utf-8 mode. This is needed for xterm if the vt100Graphics resource is set to false. It is also very useful for modern versions of PuTTY, which emulate a modern 256-color xterm but do not support alternate character sets in utf-8 mode.
The following patch will provide the needed terminal type: http://users.wowway.com/~zlinuxman/PuTTY/add_xterm-256color-utf8.patch Note that if this patch is implemented, a corresponding change will be needed to the database of color terminals in coreutils (src/dircolors.hin). (I don't know why dircolors can't interrogate the terminal definition in ncurses to determine if the terminal supports color, rather than maintaining its own database of color terminals. But that's another subject.) -- .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> : :' : `. `'` `- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
