On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Thomas E. Dickey wrote: >> >> Would it be sensible and acceptable to have xterm default to >> >> using the encoding of the user's locale at startup? Seems to be >> > >> >only if you happen to be running redhat 8.x >> >> I'd like to know what problems are caused by autodetecting the >> user's locale, and having xterm use the user's encoding by >> default. > >redhat's policy of setting utf-8 locale globally makes it at best awkward >for remote connections.
I can respect your opinion about that, however I don't believe that answers the question I asked. >> I'd also like to know what good technical reasons the existing >> defaults are superior for. >> >> Other than taking blind potshots at Red Hat Linux, and what >> appears to be your disapproval of UTF-8, do you have any valid >> technical comment to contribute as a response to my question >> perhaps? I'd love to hear actual technical feedback if there is >> any. > >frankly, I'm sure I know more about the topic than you do; Perhaps you do, but I haven't seen you share any of that knowledge in response to my question yet. >and am irritated by your snide remarks on this list. I'm irritated by asking an honest question, in an attempt to find out what the best thing to do is, and getting back an irritating remark about Red Hat Linux using UTF-8. My purpose of asking the question, was to hear technical reasoning, not opinionated attack on Red Hat Linux using UTF-8. -- Mike A. Harris _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/devel
