The man page for console_codes explains that there are two fonts available (G0 and G1) with commands ^O and ^N to switch between them. Furthermore, it is possible replace the standard font for G1 (VT100 graphics) with a user-defined character set.
I have not been able to make all this work but it suggests I could have any characters I want by constructing an appropriate user-defined character set for G1 and switching between G0 and G1 as needed. Currently the character sets for G0 and G1 seem to be identical so the commands ^O and ^N seem to have no effect. The console_codes man page includes references to man pages for ncurses and reset. My system has no man page for ncurses but the man page for reset includes the command ^Jreset^J which works and changes the current character set to a much smaller font size, again with no difference between G0 and G1. Question: Should this all work as described? Is it obsolete? It is promising and worth studying if I can make it all function as described. If any one is using these options I would very much like to learn from your experiences. Tom -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120130153003.ga11...@tomgeorge.info
