xterm with italic font

[Leo]

Dear Thomas,

----- Thomas Dickey (2007-05-07) wrote:-----

> On Mon, 7 May 2007, Leo wrote:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I use emacs in xterm and I am wondering how can I get italic font
>> support in xterm if it is possible. Thank you in advance.
>
> This might help:
>
>                     Patch #203 - 2005/7/6 - XFree86 4.5.99.7
>      * add support for interpreting the underline attribute as an italic
>        font in Xft mode (patch by Chuck Blake).
>
> which uses (man xterm)
>
>        italicULMode (class ColorAttrMode)
>                Specifies whether characters  with  the  underline
>                attribute should be displayed in an italic font or
>                as underlined characters.

I just noticed that italicULMode will make underline becomes italic. Is
there any way to make italic displayed as italic and underline as
underline?

regards,
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Leo <sdl.web AT gmail.com>                         (GPG Key: 9283AA3F)