--- rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2004/02/22 08:09:38	1.31
+++ rxvt-unicode/src/init.C	2004/02/24 00:02:44	1.34
@@ -404,12 +404,6 @@
   refresh_limit = 1;
   refresh_type = SLOW_REFRESH;
   prev_nrow = prev_ncol = 0;
-#ifdef MULTICHAR_SET
-# ifdef MULTICHAR_ENCODING
-  encoding_method = MULTICHAR_ENCODING;
-# endif
-  multichar_decode = rxvt_euc2jis;
-#endif
 
   oldcursor.row = oldcursor.col = -1;
 #ifdef XPM_BACKGROUND
@@ -666,12 +660,6 @@
                    rs[Rs_scrollBar_thickness]);
 #endif
 
-  TermWin.fontset = new rxvt_fontset (this);
-  TermWin.fontset->populate (rs[Rs_font]);
-  TermWin.fwidth  = TermWin.fontset->base_font ()->width;
-  TermWin.fheight = TermWin.fontset->base_font ()->height;
-  TermWin.fbase   = TermWin.fontset->base_font ()->ascent;
-
 #ifdef XTERM_REVERSE_VIDEO
   /* this is how xterm implements reverseVideo */
   if (Options & Opt_reverseVideo)
@@ -804,7 +792,7 @@
 {
 #if HAVE_XSETLOCALE || HAVE_SETLOCALE
   free (this->locale);
-  this->locale = rxvt_strdup (setlocale (LC_CTYPE, ""));
+  this->locale = rxvt_strdup (setlocale (LC_CTYPE, locale));
   SET_LOCALE (this->locale);
   mbstate.reset ();
 #endif
@@ -1139,7 +1127,13 @@
   /* grab colors before netscape does */
   Get_Colours ();
 
-  change_font (1, NULL);
+  if (!change_font (rs[Rs_font]))
+    {
+      fprintf (stderr, "unable to load a base font, please provide one using -fn fontname\n");
+      destroy ();
+      return;
+    }
+
   window_calc (0, 0);
   old_width = szHint.width;
   old_height = szHint.height;
@@ -1258,7 +1252,8 @@
       XStoreName (display->display, menuBar.win, "menubar");
 #endif
 
-      XDefineCursor (display->display, menuBar.win, pointer_leftptr);
+      XDefineCursor (display->display, menuBar.win,
+                     XCreateFontCursor (display->display, XC_left_ptr));
 
       XSelectInput (display->display, menuBar.win,
                    (ExposureMask | ButtonPressMask | ButtonReleaseMask