Re: XTerm default with wide Unicode glyph coverage

[Van Ly <van.ly%SDF.ORG@localhost>]

mlelstv%serpens.de@localhost (Michael van Elst) writes:

> rvp%SDF.ORG@localhost (RVP) writes:
>
>>On Sun, 14 Sep 2025, Van Ly wrote:
>>> What about setting app-defaults/XTerm to use NOTO utf8Fonts?
>
>>You mean NetBSD should do this for users; or Xorg should? Both are unlikely:
>>1. Noto fonts've a different license.
>>2. They're HUGE.
>
>
> But it's trivial to make that choice as a user.
>
> - In your profile set XAPPLRESDIR=$HOME/.app-defaults.
> - Create a directory $HOME/.app-defaults.
> - Create a file $HOME/.app-defaults/XTerm with the entry:
>   *faceName: x:fixed,xft:Noto Mono
> - and possibly something like:
>   *faceSIze: 9
>
> N.B. I'm using:
>
> *faceName: x:fixed,xft:Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
>
> but that might lack the codepoints you need.

11 beta testing, the Unicode point U+925E switches between tofu outline
and the glyph rendered as you choose from the sizes available in the
XTerm context menu.  The `enormous' option shows that glyph.

Whatever is working for `enormous' if it could be selected for the
smaller fontsizes helps to avoid the unexpected character loss.

With help from the list I am able to have .Xresources tell UXTerm to use
the NOTO fonts for CKJV (East Asia) as follows.

UXTerm*faceName: Iosevka
UXTerm*faceNameDoublesize: Noto Sans Mono CJK KR

I will give the $HOME/.app-defaults/XTerm suggestion a try, thanks.

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vl