Re: Kernel utf-8 handling

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    Hi CaT :)

 * CaT <[email protected]> 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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It's my PC and I'll cry if I want to... RAmen!
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