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SubjectRe: Unicode support on VGA console.
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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