Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 12:33:43 -0700 (MST) From: Don Yuniskis <dgy@rtd.com> To: ache@nagual.ru (=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freefall.FreeBSD.org (FreeBSD hackers) Subject: Re: INDEX.fonts Message-ID: <199606231933.MAA27684@seagull.rtd.com> In-Reply-To: <199606231840.WAA01260@nagual.ru> from "=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=" at Jun 23, 96 10:40:31 pm
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> > As I mentioned in my post, the prefix is there *for me* since I use > > that to distinguish between "FreeBSD 1.1.5.1R ", "DOS ", etc. fonts > > in my collection. Otherwise, you'd have to invent some other way > > of differentiating between a "cp437" font that, perhaps, came from > > DOS, FBSD 1.1.5.1, 2.1R or somewhere else. > > It is no matter from where the font comes, font internal structure > is what determine things. Our fonts are VGA adapter binary fonts, > check VGA hardware programming manual. They can be used in ANY > system which deals with VGA text mode (Linux, DOS, etc.) Yes, I fully understand that. But, we're talking about INDEX.fonts on FBSD -- *NOT* something for DOS, Linux, etc. Again, "FreeBSD 2.1R " is there purely FOR ME to differentiate amongst the multiple sources of fonts that I use and have available TO ME. If *you* don't keep your 1.1.5.1R fonts, DOS fonts, other third party fonts, nethack fonts, etc. available, then I guess you don't even *need* INDEX.fonts since the dozen that come in the distribution are pretty easy to keep track of. Indeed, you probably wouldn't even use the vidfont tool... *I*, on the other hand, would like something a bit more descriptive to sort out the various fonts. > > > "Code page" is IBM name for character sets, I don't think > > > that we need to use IBM names. > > > > Yeah, I guess we can pretend the "cp" in "cp437" means Completely > > Pretentious? :> I imagine that "code page" is the true origin of the > > "cp" prefix and, thus, used it in my description. (Hey, it gets tough > > trying to come up with short little descriptions... :> > > Yes, "cp" prefix means "Code Page" and IBM code pages used when > no more standard registry is available. VGA hardware default font > conforms IBM CP 437, so why it is under this name. But call *all* > characters sets as "Code Pages" leads to misunderstanding. Right. I just called the cp437-*, cp850-*, cp865-*, cp866-* fonts by that description. Note that the descriptions for the iso-* and koi8-* fonts *don't* use that language. > > Here, I used Microsplot's name for the "code page" ;-) > > Microsoft only supports some "code pages", the source of > all code pages is IBM. Fine. I merely pointed out the source of the particular descriptive phrase that I used. I don't claim to be an expert on font nomenclature, etc. I was simply trying to fill a (simple) hole in the FBSD distribution... If you dislike *my* choice of terms, etc. create your own and commit it, please. Otherwise, can we drop this issue as it seems a silly waste of bandwidth? --don
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