On 4 December 2011 17:55, Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com> wrote: > Reuben Thomas wrote: > >> For xterm, kterm and xvt, the simplest thing to do would seem to be to >> add a suitable default resource to the various /etc/X11/app-defaults >> files. (xvt doesn't install such a file, but since it respects >> resources it presumably could.) >> >> For mlterm a simple patch to reverse the default would be required. >> >> How does this sound? > > Sounds sensible to me. I think the first step is to file a bug > against debian-policy with X-Debbugs-Cc pointing to the relevant > maintainers, so the new Right Thing To Do™ can be documented to avoid > future regressions.
Could you possibly file that bug? I'm abroad for a week, and don't really have the mental space to do something delicate like that which I've never done before. I think the advice is simple enough: add an eightBitInput: true resource to each term's default resources file, plus a default-negating patch to mlterm. -- http://rrt.sc3d.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org