Apologies for not replying earlier. I really didn't know what to say.
On 11/14/06, Alexander E. Patrakov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
there was a thread on blfs-support that really made me think that all my efforts of adding locale support to the book were in vain. See http://archives.linuxfromscratch.org/mail-archives/blfs-support/2006-November/061520.html The problem is that the wrong answer is given to the original poster by TWO editors, and nobody corrected them. On this basis, I declare that locale issues are not really supportable (and DIY is right in ignoring them), and demand immediate removal of all UTF-8 related patches and instructions from LFS and BLFS (and putting back the words like "UTF-8 does not work and requires substantial undocumented modifications to the build process"). It is better to be honest and don't claim non-existent support.
I'd rather not remove very useful features even though they can't be supported well right now. But I'll address that in a different post.
Incorrect contents of /etc/sysconfig/console. Please use: KEYMAP="es euro2" UNICODE=1 BROKEN_COMPOSE=0 FONT="LatArCyrHeb-16" # or "lat0-16" LEGACY_CHARSET="iso-8859-15" This will (contrary to what Dan Nicholson states) give you the correct input and display of all characters used in Spanish both in the console and in xterm.
Where did I get this bogus information from? It was from _you_ back when you I was trying to test out the nautilus-cd-burner bugs and you told me I needed to at least get xterm with luit set up for proper UTF-8 support. And my experience was that most unicode characters wouldn't work on the console for me. Plus all the conversations on lfs-dev about getting patches for utf-8 support into linux and having the patches rejected. So sorry for spreading FUD, I'll keep my mouth shut on these issues from now on. -- Dan -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
