Closed issue by paoloschi on void-packages repository https://github.com/void-linux/void-packages/issues/2671 Description: ### System * xuname: Void 4.18.7_2 x86_64 GenuineIntel uptodate rFF * package: pkgver: terminator-1.91_1 ### Expected behavior executing `terminator -h` the list of available program options is printed into the terminal ### Actual behavior ``` $ terminator -h Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/bin/terminator", line 68, in OPTIONS = terminatorlib.optionparse.parse_options() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/terminatorlib/optionparse.py", line 110, in parse_options (options, args) = parser.parse_args() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/optparse.py", line 1400, in parse_args stop = self._process_args(largs, rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/optparse.py", line 1444, in _process_args self._process_short_opts(rargs, values) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/optparse.py", line 1551, in _process_short_opts option.process(opt, value, values, self) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/optparse.py", line 789, in process self.action, self.dest, opt, value, values, parser) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/optparse.py", line 811, in take_action parser.print_help() File "/usr/lib/python2.7/optparse.py", line 1670, in print_help file.write(self.format_help().encode(encoding, "replace")) UnicodeDecodeError: 'ascii' codec can't decode byte 0xc3 in position 1115: ordinal not in range(128) ``` I tried running in terminator itself and also from xterm with the void terminator-1.91_1 package NOT INSTALLED, extracting [terminator-1.91.tar.gz](https://launchpad.net/terminator/gtk3/1.91/+download/terminator-1.91.tar.gz) and executing `./terminator -h ` from the extraction directory, I get: ``` $ ./terminator -h Usage: terminator [options] Options: -h, --help show this help message and exit -v, --version Display program version -m, --maximise Maximize the window -f, --fullscreen Make the window fill the screen -b, --borderless Disable window borders -H, --hidden Hide the window at startup -T FORCEDTITLE, --title=FORCEDTITLE Specify a title for the window --geometry=GEOMETRY Set the preferred size and position of the window(see X man page) -e COMMAND, --command=COMMAND Specify a command to execute inside the terminal -g CONFIG, --config=CONFIG Specify a config file -x, --execute Use the rest of the command line as a command to execute inside the terminal, and its arguments --working-directory=DIR Set the working directory -c CLASSNAME, --classname=CLASSNAME Set a custom name (WM_CLASS) property on the window -i FORCEDICON, --icon=FORCEDICON Set a custom icon for the window (by file or name) -r ROLE, --role=ROLE Set a custom WM_WINDOW_ROLE property on the window -l LAYOUT, --layout=LAYOUT Launch with the given layout -s, --select-layout Select a layout from a list -p PROFILE, --profile=PROFILE Use a different profile as the default -u, --no-dbus Disable DBus -d, --debug Enable debugging information (twice for debug server) --debug-classes=DEBUG_CLASSES Comma separated list of classes to limit debugging to --debug-methods=DEBUG_METHODS Comma separated list of methods to limit debugging to --new-tab If Terminator is already running, just open a new tab ```