Subj : Re: Need volonteers to test another patch
To : Wilfred van Velzen
From : Vitaliy Aksyonov
Date : Tue Mar 12 2024 07:34 pm
Hello Wilfred.
11 Mar 24 09:26, you wrote to me:
WvV>>>> And starting golded in a local Konsole terminal "TERM=xterm"
WvV>>>> with the default charset set to utf-8:
WvV>>>> # sudo -u fido LANG=en_EN.CP850 luit -encoding 'CP850'
WvV>>>> /usr/local/bin/golded -f
VA>>> If you use luit - than having xterm in UTF-8 is correct.
WvV> This one also works with putty (which is set to use utf-8 as charset).
Yep. I've tried luit in my configuration and it works totally fine.
WvV>>>> And in the same kind of terminal but with the default charset
WvV>>>> set to cp850, this one works:
WvV>>>> # sudo -u fido LANG=en_US.CP850 /usr/local/bin/golded -f
VA>>> This is correct commandline to if you have your terminal in
VA>>> cp850. Just choose what works better for you. Probably luit and
VA>>> terminal in UTF-8 is most convenient.
WvV>> I'll see after I have tested with putty...
WvV> I'll probably switch to this setup since it also works with putty.
It's definitely more convenient.
WvV>>>> I will still have to test these in a putty terminal later
WvV>>>> during the coming week.
VA>>> Putty will work fine. Only I suggest you to change terminal type
VA>>> in putty from xterm (they use if by default)
WvV>> I think it's set to 'linux' in putty.
WvV> Switching from 'linux' to 'putty' makes things worse:
WvV>
https://paste.opensuse.org/pastes/8a290fabf761
That may be because terminfo for putty doesn't exist on your system. You may need to install additional packages. I have putty-256color and it works perfect.
How to check.
Run infocmp -D
This will show you which directories are used to find terminfo.
Then search in those directories, is putty available. If not - you may need install package like ncurses-term. May have different name on your system.
Let me know it that helped please.
WvV> Also some keys, like the F3 key stopped working. So I keep my
WvV> terminal
WvV> type as 'linux'.
VA>>> to putty or putty-256color. It's in Connection->Data section.
WvV> 'putty-256color' makes no difference.
putty-256color just add more colors support. F keys are broken most probably because terminfo is missing.
Vitaliy
... 640K ought to be enough for anybody
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