From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Display of undisplayable characters: \U01F3A8 instead of diamond Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 16:53:55 +0000 Message-ID: References: <83tu5wy7jb.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11429"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Eli Zaretskii , rms@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 28 18:55:07 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1oSLYx-0002op-2p for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 18:55:07 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47830 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oSLYv-0007AC-SA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:55:05 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57492) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oSLY6-0006VS-0O for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:54:14 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:42940) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oSLXq-0006fz-T5; Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:54:03 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1661705636; bh=/XboiJlYBZJHF7aqvGp/cgmozAGZgZSI7NB3torKB8k=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=KJx99Z6kV65gYhWbOiRoVwGPEPtZachn6a2VyBZD2RNuW4mDRX3EDYrTiJBojSodM rRWZ2zhxMfvRGMjm/k1s94h6YjPP3kMTQ7WdeSGa9Wsgaeu5/Q8Je8+SCvKEqOTi9m +riq8Rl0aUt0cfXCtschjjqAj0JgiKAgagaqSNy5NzjoA8dKttn8SszqIQEmPLofm4 /HJ76y9qcJaRM4IbBM5cc4X8j7k1nfhrBXl0IPv5GkfISCXTIkZRMNHm2sNFpIk/Zr qju7K1nLQJck+YprYp1YTI5NeHvrxRATsCPLUOB5fOzvdIa83Gq0TVcDjcEJ10ZhlX loMYd75zXLnlQ== In-Reply-To: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=95.142.160.155; envelope-from=gregory@heytings.org; helo=heytings.org X-Spam_score_int: -16 X-Spam_score: -1.7 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.7 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_INVALID=0.1, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:294258 Archived-At: > > All these reservations surely need to go into your entry in the PROBLEMS > file. People run Emacs as root, e.g. for editing configuration files. > Do we really expect users to be able to flip setuid bits, or remove > SYS_TTY_CONFIG capability? Myself, I don't even know what the second of > these means, though I will examine the thread to try and find out. > I'll add all these details in the FAQ entry. > > OK. There remains the mystery of why M-: (tty-type) returns "linux" on > your system, but "fbterm" on mine. > I guess you're using some modified version of fbterm, some distros provide patched versions of the programs they distribute.