Re: [dev] Encoding errors with umlauts in dwm statusbar and dmenu

Hello anselm,

you're obviously right. When I only use wildcards the problems with umlauts
do not occur. But why can xterm, that uses the same font, display umlauts
but dwm not?

regards

2010/4/19 Anselm R Garbe <garbeam_AT_gmail.com>

> Hi,
>
> On 19 April 2010 21:08, <orschiro_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hello guys,
> >
> > I encountered a problem with umlauts that are used in the title of
> windows
> > and are presented in dwm statusbar. Furthermore also umlauts in dmenu are
> > wrong displayed.
> >
> > With gohufont I use a font that supports unicode so that should not be
> the
> > problem.
> >
> > I'm working with the latest hg pull of dwm.
> >
> > Any tipps?
>
> Try "-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*" first, and if that works, try
> "-*-terminus-medium-*-*-*-20-*-*-*-*-*-*-*", the more wildcards, the
> more fonts X will match that provide suitable glyphs.
>
> You can also ; separate several to create a font line that covers
> those glyphs you are after from different fonts, in case your existing
> font only claims to support many glyphs but doesn't in truth (or only
> with different size/options etc).
>
> Cheers,
> Anselm
>
>
Received on Mon Apr 19 2010 - 20:42:50 UTC