On Tue, 30 Mar 2004, Muhammad Alkarouri wrote: > > bicon_cat: is now called bconsole_vu. > > bicon_start: like unicode_start, sets keymap and font. > > bicon_stop: like unicode_stop, ... > > bicon_filter: what is called bicon now. > > bicon_console: abicon script. > > bicon_tty: a mingetty equivalent, or something that simply calls > > mingetty inside a bicon shell. > > I don't think we can do a bicon_start and bicon_stop. A bicon_console is
Huh, why?? You are already doing that in your abicon, and my sophisticated versions are in the old bicon script. > sensible, or a biconsole (the least funky name;). I don't want to rename > abicon multiple times, so if no agreed suggestions are there by tonight, > I will rename to bicon_console, and release an alpha. > The main naming idea is sensible, surely. > > I hope that you will be able to finish bconsole off today, Behdad. That > was one of the main reasons I am releasing an alpha, not beta. I think > that the code now is above alpha quality already, and we need general > testing. Release it for now. We get a beta later with the fix. > Out of curiousity, though, what is the bug exactly? A ZWNJ is converted to U-FFFF, which is peacefully ignored in console, but not in gnome-terminal, etc. > To conclude: > - We will have a single arabic keymap and use symbolic links. > - abicon name makes no sense, point taken, rename to bicon_console. > - I will have an alpha release today, with the status quo. That is, > holding back installation of bconsole and bjoining and their scripts. We > need at least some documentation for these (at least man pages). > > After releasing, I will file a bug to request an arabeyes bugzilla > project. Bugs should be documented there. > > Targets for next alpha: > - bconsole > - better documentation > - rpm,deb (not show stoppers) > > Regards, > Muhammad Alkarouri --behdad behdad.org _______________________________________________ Developer mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.arabeyes.org/mailman/listinfo/developer
