Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:29:34 +0300 From: "Alexander Churanov" <alexanderchuranov@gmail.com> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unicode-based FreeBSD Message-ID: <3cb459ed0811110629g5c7cef8ascb024a9c1a920efa@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <3cb459ed0811110616t76235e72n24f2411a324a9807@mail.gmail.com> References: <3cb459ed0808221700w335b0906g6901d8b8bec4dad9@mail.gmail.com> <200808241415.31812.mitchell@wyatt672earp.force9.co.uk> <6a7033710808241239p1cbdc7adwd4f87814b428b10b@mail.gmail.com> <3cb459ed0808241958v552eafejf7841f0f9993928e@mail.gmail.com> <slrnghj0b8.163f.vadim_nuclight@server.filona.x88.info> <3cb459ed0811110616t76235e72n24f2411a324a9807@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi folks! I'd like to announce that the work on UTF8-compatible syscons is going on. Current Status: I've finished with UTF-8 decoding in syscons. This includes kernel-mode decoder, user-mode unit-tests for it, patch for syscons output processor to transcode UTF-8 to 8-bit encoding depending on global mode flag using specified transcoding map, and user-mode integration test application that produces UTF8-encoded characters from various unicode regions on its standard output stream. What needs to be done: * encoder to convert user input to UTF-8 * IOCTLs for setting UTF-8 mode on and off (currently hardcoded un syscons initialization routine) * IOCTLs for updating UTF-8-to-8-bit transcoding map (map is also hardcoded in init routine) * patch vidcontrol for utilizing IOCTLs mentioned earlier * examing impact of switching to UTF-8 on the system, utilities, ports, etc. For the purpose of updates like that I would like to have something like a page on FreeBSD wiki. I would place status information, documentation and current patches there. In my opinion it's better than having it placed on 3rd party website. Is it possible? Alexander Churanovhome | help
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