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SubjectRe: Unicode console patch
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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