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SubjectRe: VT console need rewrite
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在 2010-11-29一的 10:58 +0100,Samuel Thibault写道:
>
> Simple unicode font (i.e. just go beyond the arbitrary historical-vga
> 512 glyphs limit for fbcon) might go in. Double-width is
> questionable,
> but it can probably simple enough to be able to get in (there is
> already
> some code for it anyway).
>
> But complete unicode support (with arabic ligatures, tibetan
> combinations, etc.) won't ever be accepted in the kernel as that's far
> too involved in terms of font rendering. So the userland way needs to
> be fixed for these anyway, and then things like chinese will go
> along...
>
> Samuel

YES, my patch just include BMP(mostly CJK), not full UNICODE. IF it can
be included, then I can do more work to make sure it doesn't break old
stuff. And it's configurable. users don't have to be forced to use.





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