Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2009 10:04:18 +0100 From: Tom Evans <tevans.uk@googlemail.com> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net>, freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: UTF-8 on 8.0-CURRENT: Yes We Can! Message-ID: <1247648658.2437.1716.camel@strangepork.london.mintel.ad> In-Reply-To: <20090714201053.GR48776@hoeg.nl> References: <4A5C9CE2.6060801@free.fr> <20090714155513.GO48776@hoeg.nl> <200907141204.12480.mel.flynn%2Bfbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> <20090714201053.GR48776@hoeg.nl>
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On Tue, 2009-07-14 at 22:10 +0200, Ed Schouten wrote: > * Mel Flynn <mel.flynn+fbsd.current@mailing.thruhere.net> wrote: > > Is this an acronym or are we getting Dutchionalized kernel options? :) > > The latter. `Tekenen' is the Dutch verb for drawing. libteken is a > library I wrote last year to emulate an xterm-like terminal with UTF-8. > I modified it, so it can be used with cons25 and 8-bit character sets. > Even though the name suggests it draws stuff, it doesn't. It only turns > a stream of bytes into character placement calls. > > My new console driver also uses libteken to perform the terminal > emulation. > Oh. I thought it strange to name a UTF-8 console driver after a blood sucking parasite ;) Cheers Tom
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