#576670 xterm: *.sh and *pl files are not installed (color scripts)

Package:
xterm
Source:
xterm
Description:
X terminal emulator
Submitter:
Jari Aalto
Date:
2022-02-14 08:57:04 UTC
Severity:
wishlist
#576670#5
Date:
2010-04-06 11:16:24 UTC
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The xterm sources contain following color testing scrips:

    xterm-256/vttests/8colors.sh
    xterm-256/vttests/256colors2.pl
    xterm-256/vttests/88colors.pl
    xterm-256/vttests/256colors.pl
    xterm-256/vttests/acolors.sh
    xterm-256/vttests/88colors2.pl
    xterm-256/vttests/16colors.sh

These scripts are not installed in Debian.

SUGGESTION

The programs are quite useful for checking terminal
capabilities. Please create a new package in debian/control for
these. The package name could be:

    xterm-misc
#576670#12
Date:
2022-02-14 08:52:01 UTC
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A separate package probably wouldn't be that useful (since most of the
xterm features are poorly supported by other terminal emulators).

There are currently 60 scripts.

In my test-packages, I add those in /usr/share/doc/*/examples:

	dh_installexamples tektests vttests

which consumes about as much diskspace as the changelog (xterm.log.html).
#576670#15
Date:
2022-02-14 08:52:01 UTC
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A separate package probably wouldn't be that useful (since most of the
xterm features are poorly supported by other terminal emulators).

There are currently 60 scripts.

In my test-packages, I add those in /usr/share/doc/*/examples:

	dh_installexamples tektests vttests

which consumes about as much diskspace as the changelog (xterm.log.html).