Subj : Re: Need volonteers to test another patch
To   : Nicholas Boel
From : Vitaliy Aksyonov
Date : Thu Mar 07 2024 05:28 pm

Hello Nicholas.

07 Mar 24 17:09, you wrote to me:

 NB>>> Why would it break pseudo-graphics in other systems? Or are you
 NB>>> just referring to other systems that don't actually use
 NB>>> translation tables?
 NB>>> :)

 VA>> It's not about translation tables, but about displaying the text.
 VA>> Ncurses has special logic to output pseudo-graphics and it most
 VA>> probably won't work correctly in Unicode locale. It was kinda
 VA>> "working" just because ncurses "thought" that it worked in
 VA>> "legacy" mode, not unicode.

 NB> But, I'm the one using a unicode locale, and it is working. It seems
 NB> to only affect people using a cp437/cp850-style single bit locale.

For you it's "working". For him it shall work flawlessly. Answered in separate message.

Vitaliy

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