Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 4 Apr 2007 10:01:40 +0200 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] vt: Expose system-wide UTF-8 default setting via sysfs |
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Hi!
> > > HPA is right... this should be fixed in userland. Reset should reset a > > > console, and if you want utf-8, do \ec\ewhatever to get it. > > > > As I've already said elsewhere, does anything say that "reset" means > > that UTF-8 is turned off, or merely reset back to some known state? I > > personally would consider that UTF-8 being on is the default, and if > > something wants it off it should ask specifically.. > > > > Consider any other terminal emulator, such as those running on X11; when > > they're reset, they know to keep UTF-8 mode turned on, because it said > > so in their config, or in the locale. Kernel doesn't really have nice > > access to the LANG environment variable, but we can give it something > > similar; namely, via a module parameter. > > I agree with Paul. Reset or RIS is (R)eset to (I)nitial (S)tate, > represented as ESC 06/03. "Initial state" is defined in ECMA-48 as the > state of the device after it was made operational. It doesn't > necessarily mean that the "initial state" is the safest configuration. > So, if this "initial state" includes enabling UTF-8, then the device has > to go into UTF-8 upon invoking RIS.
You could do that... during development series. But this is userspace-visible API change, and those are not allowed during stable.
...and having /sysctl configuring inital state for reset is just plain ugly.
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