Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Jun 2007 16:39:40 +0200 | From | DervishD <> | Subject | Re: Kernel utf-8 handling |
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Hi CaT :)
* CaT <cat@zip.com.au> dixit: > On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:20:58PM +0200, DervishD wrote: > > This said, I know that the console will give me no problems > > regarding character representantion (heck, I'm pretty sure that I will > > be able to use even the same font I'm using right now in the console if > > I get the proper unicode map), but probably will give me problems when > > *entering* characters. I've read that the kernel handles accented chars, > > and things like '?' (ntilde) because it assumes that any composed > > character (composed using dead keys, for example) is in the latin1 > > range. While this is not a perfect behaviour, it will work for me. > > Hmmm. I've not yet played with moving to utf-8 but would > > man console_codes > > be of help to you?
Not, because I already know the escape sequence to go back and forth to utf-8 mode O:)) I'm going to carry some tests using Ubuntu, but since that is a distro I'm not sure if I will be able to apply the same solutions and mechanisms to my do-it-yourself box.
Thanks anyway for answering :)
Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado
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