Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Oct 1999 17:51:09 -0500 | From | The Doctor What <> | Subject | Re: Unicode support on VGA console. |
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On Fri, Oct 08, 1999 at 05:39:59PM +0200, Jan Bobrowski wrote: > > > Nobody will use unicode on low-end i386 router because it's usable > > > only on workstation anyway. Workstations have 16MB at least so it takes > > > 1/1000 unswapable memory at most. Memory cost is not importand. > > > > If you are short enough on kernel memory that you don't want to use a > > framebuffer -- which doesn't have the hardware character limit -- then > > it does matter. If not, you're better off using a framebuffer rather > > than swapping the CRTC tables on the fly -- it's always going to work. > > 1. not every graphics card have fb driver. > > 2. ordinary font for all characters from left-to-right written western > scripts will take much more memory. My code generates 'aacute' form 'a' > and 'acute' glyphs.
And don't forget, this requires less disk space too! Very important for floppy based install.....
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