> > - cdebconf should not use translated strings on dumb terminals. > > Can you tell why? I know nothing about dumb terminals, googled a bit > but did not find anything interesting. This is not d-i related, but > #232296 discusses whether English text could contain UTF-8 encoded > non-ASCII characters. From your message, it seems that this is a bad > idea, but could you please elaborate?
dumb terminals, at least in the US, are ascii-only. no clue whether anyone ever manufactured terminals that did non-roman-alphabetic or non-ascii characters. i would think "maybe", but i don't know for sure. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
