Muttng and putty drawing characters

So, this has been bugging me for a time and I can't ever figure out the exact reason this happens.
When I use putty to connect to a remote server (with TERM set to xterm-256color) and load up muttng, I get drawing characters that look like this
Note the 'x's should be vertical lines and the 'mq' should be horizontal lines... but nope.
I've tried messing with the fonts to no avail. Putty is set to UTF-8 mode with unicode line drawing chars, and my locale is UTF-8 enabled.
This does *not* happen to be a problem with 'mc' (which uses slang for drawing) however, so I don't think it's a drawing issue in general. I expect it's ncurses only...
Any ideas?

Hmmm interestingly enough, this seems to be caused by setting putty to utf-8 mode. If I switch putty back to latin1, I get appropriate drawing characters.
Anyone know why that is?

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I use quite some escape sequences in my bash prompt, amongst them a few that produce line drawing characters. Works fine in the virtual consoles (tty), but no terminals in X (tried xterm, terminal, urxvt) display them correctly, for some reason. My locale settings seem fine, and I've tried various fonts (including the one I use in the virtual consoles).
What could the issue be?
FYI, my bash prompt variable. Does it display correctly for you?
DRED='\e[0;31m'
DGREEN='\e[0;32m'
DYELLOW='\e[0;33m'
DBLUE='\e[0;34m'
DPURPLE='\e[0;35m'
DCYAN='\e[0;36m'
DWHITE='\e[0;37m'
LRED='\e[1;31m'
LGREEN='\e[1;32m'
LYELLOW='\e[1;33m'
LBLUE='\e[1;34m'
LPURPLE='\e[1;35m'
LCYAN='\e[1;36m'
LWHITE='\e[1;37m'
COLRESET='\e[0m'
PS1="\n\[$DBLUE\]\[\016\]l\[\017\]\[$DRED\](\u@\h)\[$DBLUE\]\[\016\]qqq\[\017\](\[$LBLUE\]H\!\[$DBLUE\])\[\016\]qq\[\017\](\[$LBLUE\]C\#\[$DBLUE\])\[\016\]qq\[\017\](\[$LBLUE\]J\j\[$DBLUE\])\[\016\]qqq\[\017\](\[$LBLUE\]\D{%H:%M %A %d - %B %Y}\[$DBLUE\])\n\[\016\]t\[\017\]\[\016\]q\[\017\](\[\[$LBLUE\]\w\[$DBLUE\])\n\[\016\]mqq\[\017\]> \[$LBLUE\]"
Last edited by Mzg (2010-07-09 10:00:41)

After some detective work I have managed to come up with an explanation as well as what seems to be a working solution.
If you have not tried the prompt above, basically I tried to use some line drawing characters in my bash prompt, but these refused to display correctly under any X terminals I tried (though it looked fine on virtual consoles).
The problem was in the
\[\016\] ... \[\017\]
sequences. The \016 escape sequence is supposed to enter the alternate character set mode (common way to draw e.g. lines in text mode) while \017 returns the terminal to the standard character set. These work fine on the virtual consoles, but are apparently a no-no in (some) X terminals. If you tried the prompt you would notice that the color escape sequences worked fine, only the line drawing characters failed.
So that is the explanation part. So for the solution...
For urxvt, which is my preferred terminal emulator, the solution is quite simple. This should also work with other rxvt-derived terminals (including the popular aterm), though I have not tested this.
These terminals offer the same functionality as the virtual consoles, though the escape sequences are different. "\033(0" enters alternate charset mode while "\033(B" returns to standard charset mode. So the solution is simply to replace all previous
\[\016\] ... \[\017\]
sequences with
\[\033(0\] ... \[\033(B\]
But this poses a problem, as the virtual consoles do not recognize these sequences and you'll get the same problem as before, only in text mode instead of X. I solved this by using the PROMPT_COMMAND variable to run fgconsole every time a command is ran in bash, checking if the command is ran in tty7 (i.e. X11) or in one of the (other) virtual consoles. This is my code for the root prompt:
DRED='\e[0;31m'
DGREEN='\e[0;32m'
DYELLOW='\e[0;33m'
DBLUE='\e[0;34m'
DPURPLE='\e[0;35m'
DCYAN='\e[0;36m'
DWHITE='\e[0;37m'
LRED='\e[1;31m'
LGREEN='\e[1;32m'
LYELLOW='\e[1;33m'
LBLUE='\e[1;34m'
LPURPLE='\e[1;35m'
LCYAN='\e[1;36m'
LWHITE='\e[1;37m'
COLRESET='\e[0m'
function prompt_func
# Running in tty7 or larger (X11)
if [ `sudo fgconsole` -gt 6 ]
then
PS1="\n\[$DBLUE\]\[\033(0\]l\[\033(B\]\[$DRED\](\u@\h)\[$DBLUE\]\[\033(0\]qqq\[\033(B\](\[$LBLUE\]H\!\[$DBLUE\])\[\033(0\]qq\[\033(B\](\[$LBLUE\]C\#\[$DBLUE\])\[\033(0\]qq\[\033(B\](\[$LBLUE\]J\j\[$DBLUE\])\[\033(0\]qqq\[\033(B\](\[$LBLUE\]\D{%H:%M %A %d - %B %Y}\[$DBLUE\])\n\[\033(0\]t\[\033(B\]\[\033(0\]q\[\033(B\](\[\[$LBLUE\]\w\[$DBLUE\])\n\[\033(0\]mqq\[\033(B\]> \[$LBLUE\]"
else
PS1="\n\[$DBLUE\]\[\016\]l\[\017\]\[$DRED\](\u@\h)\[$DBLUE\]\[\016\]qqq\[\017\](\[$LBLUE\]H\!\[$DBLUE\])\[\016\]qq\[\017\](\[$LBLUE\]C\#\[$DBLUE\])\[\016\]qq\[\017\](\[$LBLUE\]J\j\[$DBLUE\])\[\016\]qqq\[\017\](\[$LBLUE\]\D{%H:%M %A %d - %B %Y}\[$DBLUE\])\n\[\016\]t\[\017\]\[\016\]q\[\017\](\[\[$LBLUE\]\w\[$DBLUE\])\n\[\016\]mqq\[\017\]> \[$LBLUE\]"
fi
PROMPT_COMMAND=prompt_func
Note that I do not claim to be a good bash programmer, so there might be better ways. This has however worked flawlessly so far, including when su'ing to other users, and switching between tty's and X.
The code is the same for my other users, except from the colors. Note the
`sudo fgconsole`
Sudo proved necessary for non-root users. I added an entry in the sudoers config file to let all users run fgconsole as root without providing a password.
Okay, that's it. It's a bit dirty, but it solved my problem at least.
Last edited by Mzg (2010-07-10 07:06:44)

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I got a XML file with the info of a drawing: circles, rectangles.....
I read the file and I draw the figures on a JPanel.
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When I click on a figure I have to recognize what figure is, for example, rectangle number 2 on the XML file. Then I have to read the XML and foud what I have to draw when I click on that figure, this info is on the XML:
<Transition Rectangle="2" NextDraw="Rectangle 3" />
How do I draw all these figures and keep the info I need (name and number of the figure)? And how do I manage mouse events for recognize the click on a figure for draw anothers.
Sorry for my bad english and thanks

I don't know the structure of your XML file.
Anyway, I guess it's something like the following :
shapes.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<shapes>
 <Transition Rectangle="1" NextDraw="Rectangle 2" />
 <Transition Rectangle="2" NextDraw="Rectangle 3" />
 <Transition Rectangle="3" NextDraw="Circle 1" />
 <Transition Circle="1" NextDraw="Circle 2" />
 <Transition Circle="2" NextDraw="Circle 3" />
 <Transition Circle="3" />
</shapes>Here the java code. Plz, take a look at it and adapt it to your needs.
XMLParserHandler.java
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
import org.xml.sax.SAXParseException;
import org.xml.sax.helpers.DefaultHandler;
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 //System.out.println("Start Shapes Document.xml");
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 String value = "";
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import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Shape;
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import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
import java.awt.geom.Ellipse2D;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
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import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
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import java.util.Map;
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To handle an interface with a legacy system I need to create strings containing both printable and non-printabel ascii characters. And with non printable characters I mean in particular those in the range of ASCII 128 to 159.
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For our application I really don't care much what character is shown or not show, what is important is that I can retrieve the ASCII value and that this value matches the one I inserted which for some reason does not seem to work.
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For completions sake, character sets are set as follows (changing it is NOT an option):
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AL32UTF8
NLS_NCHAR_CHARACTERSET
AL16UTF16
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TEST VARCHAR2(1000 BYTE)
Database Version 11.2.0.3.0
Edited by: helios.taraba on Dec 2, 2012 10:18 AM --Added database version
Edited by: helios.taraba on Dec 2, 2012 10:24 AM Added description of test results using NLS_CHARACTERSET WE8MSWIN1252

Hello Orafad,
Thanks for your reply, at least I understand the effects I'm seeing i.e.
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http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E11882_01/server.112/e26088/functions026.htm
You are absolutely right I could use chr(50579) to get the ligature symbol. However as what we are trying to achieve is to implement a legacy interface to a 20+ years old subsystem we are actually not so much interested in the symbol itself but rather in the ascii value of that symbol (156 as you so rightly point out in the win-1252 characterset), this particular field represents the lenght of the message being sent to the subsystem and can vary from decimal 68 to 164 and is also considered in a checksum calculation which is part of the message.
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The Index issue is more complicated since in order to get the < and > into the index requires the entry itself to be escaped. So, in order to index '<x2settings>' you have to key '\<x2settings\>'. Looking at the generated index entry in the .js file we see '<key name=\"\\2settings\\>\">. This is a bit of a mess and produces an index entry of '\2settings\>'. This ought to be '<key name=\"&lt;x2settings&gt;\" >'. I have tested this fix and it works - but the worst of it is that the first character of the index entry has been stripped out. Consequently I cannot fix this with a few global changes - and I have a lot of index entries of this type. I'm looking forward to a response to this since I cannot publish this document in its current state.

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Hi all, I am trying to draw a box using line drawing characters in UTF-8. I make the UTF-8 box file in Microsoft Word where it looks aligned. However, when I run my Java program to display the box in a JTextArea, it is all out of alignment like below. Is this a bug in Java that prevents it from displaying aligned line-drawing characters? I am tearing my hair out over this so your help is much appreciated.
Regards,
Rianmal.
╔═══════════════════╗
║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║
║ ║
║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║
║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║
║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║
║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║
║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║
║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║
║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║
║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║
╚═══════════════════╝

sabre,
Looks like monospaced isn't found on windows (vista)... So I used "Courier New" instead.
Sabre20090412a.java is saved with encoding=UTF-8 (i.e. CP1252) instead of the default ASCII, which doesn't support the extended characters.
package forums;
import java.awt.Font;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JTextArea;
public class Sabre20090412a
private static final String text;
static {
 String t;
 t = "╔═══════════════════╗\n"; // LINE 12
 t += "║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║║\n";
 t += "║ ║\n";
 t += "║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║\n";
 t += "║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║\n";
 t += "║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║\n";
 t += "║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║\n";
 t += "║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║\n";
 t += "║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║\n";
 t += "║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║\n";
 t += "║∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙∙║\n";
 t += "╚═══════════════════╝\n"; // LINE 23
 text = t;
public static void createAndShowGUI() {
 final JFrame frame = new JFrame("Test");
 final JTextArea ta = new JTextArea();
 ta.setFont(new Font("Courier New", Font.PLAIN, 14)); // <<<<< Note font-name="Courier New"
 ta.setText(text);
 frame.setContentPane(ta);
 frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
 frame.pack();
 frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
 frame.setVisible(true);
public static void main(String[] args) {
 javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
 public void run() {
 createAndShowGUI();
build (NOTE the -encoding utf-8)*
cd /d C:\Java\home\src\forums
"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_12\bin\javac.exe" -encoding utf-8 -Xlint -d C:\Java\home\classes -cp c:\java\home\src;.;C:\Java\home\classes C:\Java\home\src\forums\Sabre20090412a.java
run
cd /d C:\Java\home\src\forums
"C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_12\bin\java.exe" -cp C:\Java\home\classes forums.Sabre20090412a
References:
http://www.google.com/search?q=warning%3A+unmappable+character+for+encoding+Cp1252&hl=en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows-1252 #says 1252== IANIA UTF-8 except
http://www.utf8-chartable.de/unicode-utf8-table.pl #page for 2500 onwards
http://forums.sun.com/thread.jspa?threadID=5185338 #-encoding
http://www.java2s.com/Code/Java/2D-Graphics-GUI/Listallavailablefontsproviedinthesystem.htm
Roedy Green rocks!
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/font.html#AVAILABLEJ
http://mindprod.com/applet/fontshower.html
Thanx for the fish!
Cheers. Keith.

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