Re: [cxterm-devel] fonts screwed up

[Jun S. <js...@ju...>]

On Fri, Jul 04, 2003 at 03:13:58PM +0100, Hin-Tak Leung wrote:
> BTW, there is actually no need to reply to me, as I am
> on cxterm-devel list. I tend to CC that list, as it
> gets to be archived for future (and I do get a copy 
> of my own message back as a result). 
>

I did not mean to reply to you personally.  I used "group reply",
which typically would reply to you and cc: to mailing list.  
Most mailing lists are smart enough _not_ to send you a separate
email so that net effect looks as if the reply is sent to the whole
list.  Somehow this mailing list is not configured so.

For example, I always received two copies of your replies.

Anyway that is minor annoyance. :)
 
> > 
> > Thanks a lot for your reply.
> > 
> > I found more about the problem now.  Since I am not
> > familiar
> > with X font / Chinese at all, I am posting it here
> > and hopeful
> > you can tell me what is wrong.
> > 
> > 1. the problem shows up initially with mutt, an
> > email client.  BTW, I notice 
> >    that mail has a header "X-MIME-Autoconverted:
> > from quoted-printable to 
> >    8bit by gateway.junsun.net id".  Not sure if it
> > matters.
> 
> It probably does, but I don't know mutt at all to
> tell.
> 
> > 
> > 2. If I save the email, and then do 'cat' or tail of
> > the email file,
> >    Chinese shows up just fine!
> > 

I was thinking that since 'cat' and 'more' works we can at least
rule out the possiblity of font server problem.  True?

> > 3. If I use 'less' to show the email file, fonts get
> > screwed up, in
> >    a different way from how mutt screws it up.
> 
> That's an unrelated problem. You would find more
> works,
> but less doesn't, unless you use "less -r". read the
> man page of less for the -r option.
>

I tried, but 'less -r' or 'less -R' does not work.
Probably not too interesting anyway.
 
> > 
> > 4. I tried to add xterm to /etc/termcap and do "tic"
> > by following 
> >    READM.termcap.  After I have done "tic", mutt
> > refues to start
> >    and says 
> > 
> > Your terminal lacks the ability to clear the screen
> > or position the cursor.
> 
> That's strange. You should be able to revert the
> change by 
> 1. edit /etc/termcap and remove the section appended.
> (the original instruction was to append one of 
> the file to /etc/termcap).
> 
> 2. remove the terminfo entry. It is a single file
> "/usr/share/terminfo/c/cxtem"
>

Yeah, I managed to remove the files what 'tic' has added.

I will probably try to ask some mutt people and see if they
have any clues.

Thanks a bunch.

Jun