Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:01:56 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unicode-based FreeBSD Message-ID: <g8q8dt$s9g$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <3395C244-A050-40D9-B857-588A58666DA2@mac.com> References: <3cb459ed0808230256g3f0f51epd9ab54047d3bd681@mail.gmail.com> <3395C244-A050-40D9-B857-588A58666DA2@mac.com>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
[-- Attachment #1 --] Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > I've been working on this for a bit. The approach I took was > to 1) kick syscons out, 2) write a VGA driver that works in > graphics mode, 3) create a terminal driver that uses UNICODE > internally (that is, it uses UTF-32) and that can support > different terminal emulations, 4) start a VT100/VT102 terminal > emulation driver. AFAIK this is what Linux did and I think it's the Right Way To Do It (based on seeing it work). Massaging UTF-8 into 8-bit text mode in console could be nice but is of very limited usefulness today. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkiwpPoACgkQldnAQVacBciM4QCgxw7seixUXcSS52YdNSfFFvK1 lfAAnimzhRw0YG6Y2ap8DzVmCv+KdJkd =Mw4Z -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?g8q8dt$s9g$1>