tags 320078 -wontfix severity 320078 normal thanks
On Céad, 2005-07-27 at 09:11 -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 02:50:06PM +0200, Micha Lenk wrote: > > Is it even not possible to prevent the user from entering non-locale > > characters? As a user I would prefer to get multiple other but legal > > characters when I enter a non-locale character, wich I am able to delete > > just after. In cases where I enter such a non-locale character by > > accident I would at least be able to correct my mistake. > > There are two cases: displaying data that it reads from some other location > and data entered from the keyboard. whiptail should of course distinguish > between the two. If it cannot at least let you delete the keyboard entry, > that's a defect in whiptail. Ok. Agreed. re-opening the bug. > > > The solution is to ensure such garbage characters don't get entered into > > > whiptail, etc. (or other X programs). Use a non C locale, in particular > > > use UTF-8, and make sure all programs produce UTF-8. > > whiptail isn't an X program, btw. oops, yes. I'd mean't to put an "or X programs, etc" in there. Regards Alastair -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
