Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2001 18:28:12 +0000 (UTC) From: naddy@mips.inka.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unicode support Message-ID: <9j203s$1if8$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> References: <1094291862.20010717184905@web.de>
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Philipp Reichmuth <reichmuth@web.de> wrote:
> Hello Questions crew,
Actually, the people you are looking for probably hang out on the
freebsd-i18n list.
> I am wondering how far we have got with Unicode support under
> FreeBSD;
Nowhere, but read on.
> - Filesystem (Does FFS support UTF8?
Not applicable. Unix filesystems support all byte values in file
names except 0x2F ('/') and 0, which serve as directory separator
and string terminator, respectively. So you can just go ahead and
use UTF-8 for file names.
> - System console (Does the system console support UTF8 screen output
> and/or keystroke conversion?
No. UTF-8 screen output is problematical, because the VGA character
mode only supports 256/512 glyphs, although one could use a graphics
mode if desperate, I guess.
> Is UTF8 available as an input encoding on the console?
As far as I can tell, the current keyboard framework is limited to
one octet per key.
> Can I use unicode-based locales?)
No. This is rather the most serious shortcoming at the moment.
> - X Windows (Can I use an unicode xterm, even when the system console
> does NOT support unicode?)
"X Windows"? Never heard of such a thing. If you mean X11, see
the X(1) man page for proper ways to refer to it.
Yes, you can use a Unicode xterm. In fact, if you install XFree86 4,
the standard xterm is already UTF-8-capable (use -u8 to enable) and
some Unicode fonts are included.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.inka.de
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