Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2008 02:00:33 +0400 From: "Alexander Churanov" <alexanderchuranov@gmail.com> To: "Marcel Moolenaar" <xcllnt@mac.com> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unicode-based FreeBSD Message-ID: <3cb459ed0808231500x2eff4c46kc470aa997c682981@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3395C244-A050-40D9-B857-588A58666DA2@mac.com> References: <3cb459ed0808230256g3f0f51epd9ab54047d3bd681@mail.gmail.com> <3395C244-A050-40D9-B857-588A58666DA2@mac.com>
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Marcel, Thank you for the information, I've read your vtc(4) page, links are also useful. However, currently I'd like to perform a smaller task: just bring UTF-8 to syscons. I feel that this is possible. Basically, my need for UTF-8 originates in software that do not understand $LANG properly. I am using FreeBSD as desktop workstation at work and as entertainment box at home. Naturally, there are files named in russian and my system uses koi8-r. However, some software does not respect $LANG in full, some linux-oriented applications just assume UTF-8 environment. Though it is possible to switch to UTF-8 locale and this would work for X, I do not like loosing the ability to read filenames when using plain character-mode syscons, because I consider and use that mode as a failsafe human interface for the OS. So that, the primary goal is just bring UTF-8 to syscons. For me It's a kind of a real bird in the hand. Birds in the bush can be caught later. Alexander Churanov
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