Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 30 Jan 1999 18:18:32 +0100 (CET) | From | "Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk" <> | Subject | Re: Unicode console patch |
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On Sat, 30 Jan 1999, Stanislav V. Voronyi wrote:
> one useful feature from my patch - get/set all variables concerning to > traslations (translate,charset,G0_charset,G1_charset,utf) with help of > two additional TIOCLINUX ioctls.
Yes, it's really needed: checking UTF-8 mode by measuring cursor motion is a pain, with side effects of flushing stdin. I need to examine the whole translation mode info in one tool.
I wonder if its ever possible to put this interface into xterm and telnet.
BTW, where can I ask about framebuffer? Will it be possible to load more than 512 characters? Will it be compatible with dosemu in its "graphics", "non-console" mode? How to set fonts with a non-8 width? How about drivers for various SVGA cards? My S3 Virge requires DOS univbe for VESA 2.0 - it works, but is it safe - can Linux corrupt univbe's code, or maybe it uses it only to switch the mode on?
> ftp://linux.esc.kharkov.com/pub/linux/myown/uni.patch ^ L
Now it seems to work perfectly, thanks! Hope all this will get into the official kernel at the appropriate time.
Oh, one more thing: Linux standard line discipline erases only a single byte with Backspace, even in UTF-8 mode, although on the screen the cursor goes back the whole character. This needs fixing.
> Also you can get my version of kbd which support all unicode > possibilities in kernel: > ftp://linux.esc.kharkov.com/pub/linux/myown/kbd-0.97vsv.tgz
I'll look at it. Can it do more than Yann Dirson's console-tools <ftp://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/keyboards/ console-tools-1998.08.11.tar.gz>?
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