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SubjectRe: [PATCH]console utf-8 mode fixes
FromAlan Cox <>
DateFri, 04 Aug 2006 12:08:25 +0100
Ar Gwe, 2006-08-04 am 12:15 +0200, ysgrifennodd Adam Tlałka:
> Description: patch for drivers/char/vt.c
> 
> Fixed utf-8 mode so alternate charset modes always work according
> to control sequences interpreted in do_con_trol function
> preserving backward US-ASCII and VT100 semigraphics compatibility.
> 
> Malformed utf-8 sequences are represented as sequences of replacement 
> glyphs,original codes or '?' as a last resort.
> 
> unicode-xterm, gnome-terminal, kconsole and other terminal emulators
> in utf-8 mode respect acsc, enacs, rmacs sequences. Also I found that 
> some important system programs (from Debian distro) uses acsc in utf-8 
> mode - dselect, aptitude, w3m for example.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adam Tla/lka <atlka@pg.gda.pl>

Testing this in -mm would be good.

Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com>
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