From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Aug 24 00:02:15 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7811F1065673 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:02:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F4C78FC19 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:02:14 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-current@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KX33c-0005Yj-QP for freebsd-current@freebsd.org; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:02:12 +0000 Received: from 78-1-71-103.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([78.1.71.103]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:02:12 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 78-1-71-103.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:02:12 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:01:56 +0200 Lines: 34 Message-ID: References: <3cb459ed0808230256g3f0f51epd9ab54047d3bd681@mail.gmail.com> <3395C244-A050-40D9-B857-588A58666DA2@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigD1D54C0F416735B95537DCBD" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 78-1-71-103.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Windows/20080708) In-Reply-To: <3395C244-A050-40D9-B857-588A58666DA2@mac.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Sender: news Subject: Re: Unicode-based FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 00:02:15 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD1D54C0F416735B95537DCBD Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. --------------enigD1D54C0F416735B95537DCBD Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----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----- --------------enigD1D54C0F416735B95537DCBD--