Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 27 Dec 1997 11:03:22 -0800 (PST) | From | "Jon M. Taylor" <> | Subject | Re: Default character set of the Linux console |
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On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Tuomas Heino wrote:
> On Sat, 27 Dec 1997, Pavel Machek wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > Maybe. It isn't as simple as changing the default to user defined map, but > > > if you say it would be better... Yes, it's more compatible. So could we > > > define such sequences NOW and implement them in the next kernel? It would > > > be really great! > > > > > > I can see two ways: > > > > > > 1. An escape would define the charset set by ^[c (maybe one of the four, > > > ISO-8859-1 / VT100 / null = CP-437 / user defined, or maybe only > > > ISO-8859-1 / user defined would be enough). > > > > > > 2. Escapes would tell if ^[c should set the G0 and G1 charsets at > > > all. > > > > This is *mess*. What about ^[c not reseting charsets at all, and ^[C, > > which would also reset pallette, 'saved' colors, charsets, everything? > > > Maybe that kinda thingy would be useful too... too bad resetting > _everything_ isn't possible without a good graphics abstraction layer - > which Linux is still missing :(
No, it is not. GGI/EvStack is progressing quite nicely. Http://synergy.foo.net/~ggi.
Jon
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