From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Feb 21 01:48:53 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: Questions@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1AF216A400 for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:48:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net) Received: from Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net (Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net [64.251.15.37]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79C9513C4CE for ; Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:48:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net) Received: from cpe-24-243-189-26.hot.res.rr.com ([24.243.189.26] helo=MrSmith.RawFedDogs.net) by Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.69 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1JS0Bq-000F50-7c for Questions@FreeBSD.org; Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:25:38 -0600 Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:28:52 -0600 (CST) From: Kevin Monceaux X-X-Sender: dokpm0@MrSmith.RawFedDogs.net To: Questions@FreeBSD.org Message-ID: User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LNX 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/MIXED; BOUNDARY="-1463811491-1395612127-1203557339=:9101" Sender: dokpm0@Phideaux.RawFedDogs.net Cc: Subject: Unicode Console? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:48:53 -0000 This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. ---1463811491-1395612127-1203557339=:9101 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; format=flowed; charset=ISO-8859-15 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Fellow FreeBSD Fans, I've been running FreeBSD on a web/mail server, which I only have remote=20 access to, for a while now. At home I've been running Linux since the=20 1.xx kernel days but am considering switching my desktop box to FreeBSD. I never given much thought to my locale setting until recently. I'm about= =20 to start participating in an online Spanish study group, via e-mail, and=20 might also be following along with an Old English study group. I'm an old= =20 fashioned kinda user and prefer to do as much as I can via the text=20 console. I compose/read e-mail via Alpine. After some trial and error I= =20 finally convinced my Linux box, currently running Arch Linux, to handle=20 all of the "special" characters I need via the console. In the end, it=20 amounted to: 1. Add "en_US.UTF-8 UTF-8" to /etc/locale.gen 2. run locale-gen 3. set LANG to en_US.UTF-8 4. Switch to a font that contains the symbols I need. I'm currently using one of the Terminus console fonts. For some reason I had to switch to a framebuffer console otherwise after executing unicode_start the font was way too dim. 5. run unicode_start(added to my .cshrc file) After the above I'm able to display various accented characters such as =E1= ,=20 =E9, =EC, =F6, =FB, =E7, etc. along with the Spanish =F1, inverted punctuat= ion marks =A1,=20 =BF, Old English thorn(=FE), eth(=F0), ash(=E6), etc. Also, from reading m= ail=20 from various mailing lists I've noticed that it also handles the Cyrillic= =20 alphabet and part of the Greek alphabet. From=20what I've seen of FreeBSD I'd expect it to have console capabilities= =20 that are superior to those of Linux. But, I haven't managed to figure out= =20 how to achieve similar functionality via the FreeBSD text consoles. I'm=20 currently testing FreeBSD(7.0-RC2) under VMware. Can anyone point me in=20 the right direction? Kevin http://www.RawFedDogs.net http://www.WacoAgilityGroup.org Bruceville, TX Si hoc legere scis nimium eruditionis habes. Longum iter est per praecepta, breve et efficax per exempla!!! ---1463811491-1395612127-1203557339=:9101--