Re: pkg/45221: xterm utf-8 mode is (partially) a one-way trip

[David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR pkg/45221; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Holland <dholland-pbugs%netbsd.org@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: pkg/45221: xterm utf-8 mode is (partially) a one-way trip
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2021 10:02:34 +0000

 On Sun, Aug 07, 2011 at 05:40:00AM +0000, dholland%eecs.harvard.edu@localhost wrote:
  > If you
  >   - start it in non-utf-8 mode
  >   - switch to utf-8 mode with the ctrl-rightmouse menu
  >   - do some stuff
  >   - switch back to normal mode with the ctrl-rightmouse menu
  > 
  > then only output handling and not input handling switches back away
  > from utf-8.
 
 This still happens 10 years later with the xterm in base X, not sure
 if the one in pkgsrc is different but I doubt it.
 
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 David A. Holland
 dholland%netbsd.org@localhost