Re: Kernel utf-8 handling

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DervishD wrote:
    Hi all :)

    I have a do-it-yourself Linux box, and I'm planning to move to UTF8
(currently I'm using es_ES locale, with latin1 encoding). One of my main
concerns (apart from programs with little or no utf8 support, which I
will have to suffer) is kernel handling, because I only use the console;
I only use X and a terminal emulator if I can't avoid it.

The switch is possible. You could try the latest development LFS LiveCD (http://ums.usu.ru/~patrakov/test/lfslivecd-x86-6.3-pre2-r1897.iso) and see if it works for you (be sure to CC: me if you post any feedback). It will automatically configure the console using a simple menu-driven interface. Some interesting programs to try there: mutt, tin, lynx, finch.

    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 'ñ' (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.

Yes.

    Will the console work as it works now if I can live with latin1
accented characters only? Is there any terminal emulator *for the
console*, not for X, that handles utf8? Will I be sentenced to X to be
able to use my computer with utf8?

screen, jfbterm, iterm (jfbterm and iterm are not on my CD, but you can build them from source there - the filesystem on the CD can be written to). Note that jfbterm and iterm expect X fonts (or unifont) to be available, and the CD doesn't have these fonts (fully switched to Xft).

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Alexander E. Patrakov
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