Philippe Meunier writes: > - When the precompose resource is set to false, copy-pasting the result of > printf "e\xcc\x81\n" never works correctly in xterm, regardless of > whether I use TrueType fonts or not. xterm copy-pastes the correct > sequence of bytes but that sequence is not displayed correctly. That's a > bug in xterm.
I get slightly different results: with TrueType fonts enabled, LC_CTYPE set to en_US.UTF-8, and precompose disabled, accents are not displayed, but they do copy and paste correctly. I tested this on a fresh install as well as my desktop. I haven't been able to trigger the results you're getting (best guess: your LC_CTYPE is unset or set funny? But I don't get the same results even then). > - In addition, when the precompose resource is set to false and TrueType > fonts are used, the result of printf "e\xcc\x81\n" itself is wrong (even > before trying to copy-paste it): od(1) shows that the correct sequence of > bytes is printed but it is displayed without accent. That's another bug > in xterm. The result is displayed correctly when the precompose resource > is set to true. Yes, this matches what I'm seeing.
