replace xterm by uxterm for unicode support (#1614)

home.admin/BlitzTUI/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+## [0.49.0] - 2020-10-03
+### Add
+- xterm is replaced by uxterm, so that unicode chars are correctly displayed
 
 ## [0.48.1] - 2020-05-30
 ### Add

home.admin/BlitzTUI/blitztui/main.py

@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class AppWindow(QMainWindow):
         self.file_watcher.signal.connect(self.update_watched_attr)
         self.file_watcher.start()
 
-        # finally start 00infoBlitz.sh in dedicated xterm frame
+        # finally start 00infoBlitz.sh in dedicated uxterm frame
         self.start_info_lcd()
 
         self.show()
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ class AppWindow(QMainWindow):
         process.readyReadStandardOutput.connect(
             lambda: log.info(str(process.readAllStandardOutput().data().decode('utf-8'))))
 
-        process.start('xterm', ['-fn', 'fixed', '-into', str(int(self.ui.widget.winId())),
+        process.start('uxterm', ['-fa', 'Terminus', '-fs', '9', '-fn', 'fixed', '-into', str(int(self.ui.widget.winId())),
                                 '+sb', '-hold', '-e', 'bash -c \"/home/admin/00infoLCD.sh --pause {}\"'.format(pause)])
 
     def check_config(self):
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ class AppWindow(QMainWindow):
             return
 
         process = QProcess(self)
-        process.start('xterm', ['-fn', 'fixed', '-into', str(int(self.ui.widget.winId())),
+        process.start('uxterm', ['-fa', 'Terminus', '-fs', '9', '-fn', 'fixed', '-into', str(int(self.ui.widget.winId())),
                                 '+sb', '-hold', '-e', 'bash -c \"sudo /home/admin/XXshutdown.sh\"'])
 
     def b4_restart(self):
@@ -531,7 +531,7 @@ class AppWindow(QMainWindow):
             return
 
         process = QProcess(self)
-        process.start('xterm', ['-fn', 'fixed', '-into', str(int(self.ui.widget.winId())),
+        process.start('uxterm', ['-fa', 'Terminus', '-fs', '9', '-fn', 'fixed', '-into', str(int(self.ui.widget.winId())),
                                 '+sb', '-hold', '-e', 'bash -c \"sudo /home/admin/XXshutdown.sh reboot\"'])
 
     def create_new_invoice(self, memo="Pay to RaspiBlitz", amt=0):

home.admin/BlitzTUI/blitztui/version.py

@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 # 3) we can import it into your module module
 """
 
-__version_info__ = ('0', '48', '1')
+__version_info__ = ('0', '49', '0')
 __version__ = '.'.join(__version_info__)

home.admin/config.scripts/blitz.touchscreen.sh

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ if [ "$1" = "1" ] || [ "$1" = "on" ]; then
   echo "making sure system dependencies are installed"
   sudo apt-get update >/dev/null
   sudo apt-get install -y unclutter xterm python3-pyqt5 >/dev/null
+  sudo apt-get install -y xfonts-terminus >/dev/null
 
   # check if python3 env exists - if not install it
   if [ ! -d /home/admin/python3-env-lnd ]; then