Re: [Lynx-dev] lynx display buffer questions

[Henry Nelson]

On Sun, May 01, 2005 at 05:42:05AM -0400, Larry W. Virden wrote:
> From: Henry Nelson <address@hidden>
> >  Thus, even if I have
> > Lynx display the raw UTF8, the terminal emulator has no way to present it.
> 
> Even with no way to present it, the data should not be corrupted.

Sorry, I shouldn't have spoken since I was talking about the rendering
aspect, i.e., someone sees weird characters so _assumes_ that the input
was corrupted when it really wasn't.  (I've never used UTF for input
since I have no way to do it.  All I can say is that just reading it is
a pain with character-cell applications, e.g., Lynx and Mutt, over a
terminal emulator that can only use fixed-width fonts.  UTF is fine
when the charset range is covered by the font, but it doesn't work at
all for characters that don't have a glyph.)

Just curious, but how does this work for you unix purists?  How do
XWindows terminal emulators get around the fixed-width font problem
we Windoze people suffer when using PuTTY or TeraTerm?

__Henry

  "Using Lynx is like wearing a really good pair of shades: cuts out
   the glare and harmful UV (ultra-vanity), and you feel so-o-o COOL."
                                         -- me, March 1999