On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:10:49 +0200, Sebastian Plotz <[email protected]> wrote: > Am Dienstag, den 17.08.2010, 11:53 -0600 schrieb Matthew Burgess: > > Here is my understanding of that: > > <snip>
Thanks! I think I get this now. Apart from: > If we're NOT in unicode mode (this is the default) the kernel assumes > that the applications are using "legacy charsets" (for example 8859-15) > for their output. Seems to contradict: > The keymap is normally loaded with unicode values by kdb (see > http://gunnarwrobel.de/wiki/Linux-and-the-keyboard.html). That's why I > said "the linux console always uses unicode". I think it can be loaded > with "legacy charsets" (but only legacy keymaps without a chaset > definition will do that). > If programs without UTF-8 support should be used, the kernel needs a > table to translate the output of the program into unicode. This > translation table can be set with -m parameter. It should be set to the > same charset, that is used by the application. In order to provide the best guidance to our audience, how would a reader determine if a program supports UTF-8 or not? Thanks again, Matt. -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/lfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
