Am Samstag, den 16.02.2019, 18:45 +0100 schrieb Pierre Labastie via
lfs-dev:
> On 2/16/19 6:19 PM, Bruce Dubbs via lfs-dev wrote:
> > On 2/16/19 9:08 AM, Thomas Trepl via blfs-support wrote:
> > > Am Samstag, den 16.02.2019, 15:18 +0100 schrieb Gerhard Gedigk via
> > > blfs-support:
> > > > Hello,
> > > > 
> > > > please correct the example for the German console fonts. (7.6.5)
> > > > 
> > > > KEYMAP="de-latin1"   # is correct
> > > > 
> > > > FONT="lat0 ... needs to be changed to lat1 as well.
> > > > This is needed to display the special characters for the German 
> > > > language correctly.
> > > > 
> > > > Thank you
> > > > Gerhard
> > > 
> > > I have
> > > 
> > > -----
> > > # Begin /etc/sysconfig/console
> > > 
> > > UNICODE="1"
> > > KEYMAP="de-latin1"
> > > KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS="euro2"
> > > 
> > > #FONT="lat0-16 -m 8859-15"
> > > FONT="Lat2-Terminus16 -m 8859-15"
> > > 
> > > # End /etc/sysconfig/console
> > > -----
> > > 
> > > in my /etc/sysconfig/console. Note the UNICODE="1". With this, lat0-16
> > > works fine, while my favorite font is the Terminus.
> > > 
> > > Would you try it with UNICODE=1 again and tell the result?
> > > 
> > > Btw, thats something for LFS-support, not BLFS-support. Lets continue
> > > talking there.
> > 
> > Replying to both blfs-dev and lfs-dev.  Please answer on lfs-dev.
> > 
> > I am not familiar with the requirements for the German console.  I 
> > checked for 'lat0' in the book and fond it in two places, both sysV only:
> > 
> > lfs-bootscripts, specifically in rc.site, but commented out.
> > 
> > 7.6. System V Bootscript Usage.
> > 7.6.5. Configuring the Linux Console
> > 
> > We can change the reference in Chapter 7 before the release of 8.4, 
> > but I do not want to change the bootscripts until after release of 8.4,
> > 
> > Let me know what the exact changes are needed.
> > 
> For French, I have:
> 
> UNICODE="1"
> KEYMAP="fr-latin9"
> FONT="lat0-16"
> 
> That is enough. But when I set font to Lat2-Terminus16, many characters 
> don't display OK, for example €, û, ö...
> 
> (even with -m 8859-15).
> 
> Pierre

Strange that Lat2-Terminus16 does not work well for french.

All in all, i think adding UNICODE="1" to the example for german
keyboard should be fine (to solve Gerhards issue). Maybe he tries that
and tells us the result.

--
Thomas


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