Re: utf8 + alt_charset = broken?

[Atom Smasher]

on linux boxes:
 #1 - no problem
        #define NCURSES_VERSION_MAJOR 5
        #define NCURSES_VERSION_MINOR 7
        #define NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH 20081102
        XTerm(229)
        Screen version 4.00.03 (FAU) 23-Oct-06
        TERM = screen
 #2 - ubuntu - problem
        2.6.31-14-generic #48-Ubuntu
        XTerm(243)
        Screen version 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06
        TERM = screen
 #3 - unknown distro - problem
        #define NCURSES_VERSION_MAJOR 5
        #define NCURSES_VERSION_MINOR 7
        #define NCURSES_VERSION_PATCH 20081213
        XTerm(235)
        Screen version 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06
        TERM = screen

box #1 - no problem ssh-ing from mrxvt or xterm on freebsd.

box #2 is in another room. if i ssh into the box, i have problems with 
altchars & screen (with both mrxvt & xterm). if i walk up to the box and 
log in, xterm/screen/altchars is fine but mrxvt/screen/altchars is hosed. 
i can also run xterm over ssh and screen/altchars works fine.

box #3 - on the other side of the planet. altchars & sceen is broken (with 
both mrxvt & xterm). i can run xterm over ssh and screen/altchars works 
fine.

locally (on freebsd) i've had no problems with screen or altchars.



On Sun, 15 Nov 2009, Chris Jones wrote:

> > is there an easy way to properly fix this? am i doing something wrong? 
> > or is this a bug in screen?
>
> Seems to work OK here:
>
> $ echo '^[(0 q w e r t y u i o p } { a s d f g h j k k l z x c v b n m ^[(B'
> ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?    (?) (?)
>
> $ echo ' q w e r t y u i o p [ ] } { a s d f g h j k k l z x c v b n m'
> q w e r t y u i o p } { a s d f g h j k k l z x c v b n m
>
> $ locale
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
> LC_ALL=
>
> $ echo $TERM
> screen-256color-bce
>
> xterm.......................... XTerm(235)
> gnu/screen..................... 4.00.03jw4 (FAU) 2-May-06
> ncurses/terminfo............... 5.7+20081213-1
>
> (?) Hopefully will display OK your end.
>
> (?) The slots that correspond to r, o, p, s, are displayed as spaces but that's
>    because the terminus font does not have the corresponding glyphs.


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