Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2001 06:28:38 -0700 From: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: =?iso-8859-1?Q?S=F8ren?= Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Syscons mouse char range redefine proposal Message-ID: <3ADEE806.43216916@elischer.org> References: <20010419154827.A52282@nagual.pp.ru> <200104191154.f3JBsqV10841@freebsd.dk> <20010419160300.A52373@nagual.pp.ru>
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"Andrey A. Chernov" wrote:
>
> On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 13:54:52 +0200, Søren Schmidt wrote:
> > It seems Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
> > > Currently SC_MOUSE_CHAR occupes 0xd0-0xd4 range which produce conflict
> > > with several languages code tables. I plan to redefine it by default to
> > > 0x03-0x07 leaving possibility to redefine it to any range as currently
> > > present. This way minimizes arcane information needed for user to setup
> > > its language correctly.
> > >
> > > Any objections?
> >
> > Wont work, it needs to be in the (IIRC) 0xd0 - 0xe0 range for the
> > HW to DTRT with the ninth bit on VGA HW.
>
> It works for years, just making small vertical black line sometimes
> appearse in the cursor.
>
> > The has been beaten to death several times before, check the archives...
>
> We just add yet one conflicting language - Ukrainian. How many you want
> to change this decision? Breaking letters is more important than black
> line in the cursor.
also breaks Hungarian (for some capital letters)
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