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SubjectRe: setfont does not work 2.0 -> 2.1 ?
Nimrod Zimerman wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 08:20:14PM +0200, Andrus Kangro wrote:
>
> > I'm using iso01.f16 font for console, as I'm using characters õäöü (o~ a"
> > o" u") when writing e-mail in Pine. With 2.0.35 everything is OK, but with
> > 2.[12] series kernels I can't see these characters any more (o~ is o and
> > o" a" u" just disappear). in xterm everything is OK, but in console I just
> > don't see them. I have to use cp850-8x16 now, where o~ is o, but a" o" u"
> > are normal.
>
> This is potentially an issue with the default Unicode map. It appears that
> things it doesn't like - it doesn't show. I experienced the same problem
> with Hebrew characters which I use - and just disappeared after I switched
> to 2.1.x.
>
> My solution was to switch back to the dumb Unicode map (or, if you have a
> more accurate map, use it). It goes something like
> 'loadunimap /usr/lib/kbd/consoletrans/def.uni', assuming the map is
> installed in its default location. 'loadunimap' is from the kbd package.
>
> Please let me know if that solved your problem. It might be a good idea to
> add this to the Changes file, if that is indeed the case.
>

I fixed the problem by adding this to the profile

UNIMAP=iso01.uni
export UNIMAP

I haven't had a problem with this since.
It seems that if it doesn't see that environment variable it defaults
to some crappy anglo unimap.

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