[dev] Re: [tabbed] utf8 characters not displayed in tabs

From: Seb <sebqbees_AT_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Apr 2025 12:01:18 +0200

> I am using xterm under tabbed (v.0.6) and some of the polish characters which
> are in the directory name are not displayed in the tabs and the rest of the name
> is truncated, for instance:
>
> /home/seb/żółty is truncated to /home/seb/żó
>
> when I set the Xresource :
>
> *XTerm*utf8Title: True
>
> then the whole name is displayed with all polish characters but only after I
> change directory to a new location, so the name in tab does not refer to actual
> directory.

I come back to this problem with the new version of tabbed (0.8) but it is not a
problem with tabbed but with xterm behaviour.
After many hours of frustrating fiddling in xterm resources I have found that it
is enough to set:

XTerm*utf8Title: True
XTerm*sameName: False

the second option make that the xterm title is properly transered to WM_NAME property.
greetings for suckless.org team.
Seb
Received on Sat Apr 26 2025 - 12:01:18 CEST