Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: The Linux console is a broken implementation of ISO 2022 (LONG) | Date | 18 May 1998 22:02:49 GMT |
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Followup to: <19980518140250.K3613@test.legislate.com> By author: Raul Miller <rdm@test.legislate.com> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > H. Peter Anvin <hpa@transmeta.com> wrote: > > a. Rip out the current Linux scheme and implement ISO 2022 > > correctly? > > You wouldn't believe how much time I've lost working around this lack > (and not knowing the relevant standard, so not being able to hold my own > in discussions). > > As it stands, shift-in and shift-out are amusing but largely worthless. > If it's really possible to specify both halves of the character set > support at the same time, I'd think that for backwards compatibility you > could just build it in at level of abstraction where you specify the > character set. >
Hi there,
I have a little hard time figuring out exactly what you're saying, especiall your last sentence. Could you please try again?
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