From: vladimir@intrepid.com (Vladimir Vukicevic) Subject: Re: [Q] special characters on Date: Sat, 10 Jul 1993 00:08:23 GMT
>From: u7911002@cc.nctu.edu.tw (Fong Chang)
>
>2. If it is possible, what should I do while writing C programs to
> display them ? (I want to port a program from DOS to Linux, but I get
> in trouble with the graphic characters.) In addition, I have a program
> called atp which can display graphic characters under 80x25, but fail
> to display them in XTerm. Why ? Do I have some settings wrong ?
Under the xterm, try using a font from the dec terminal family, i.e.
"-dec-terminal-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*". The xterm can only display characters
that are in the current font; most fonts don't have the extended line-drawing
characters.
- Vladimir
- vladimir@intrepid.com
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