On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 03:42:21PM +0100, Ken Moffat wrote: > On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 11:17:39AM +0100, ortenzia konyha wrote: > > Dear LFS support, > > how does it work the script /etc/rc.d/init.d/console in lfs-bootscript? > > how does the variable $KEYMAP pass the argument to loadkeys? > > > > My LFS is LFS stable 7.5 > > I am working without X, only in console. > > My $LANG is ISO885915@euro > > I can see $LANG ISO885915@euro when I type set and locale > > > > That sounds wrong - ISO885915@euro is not a language. > > The LANG and LC_ variables are mostly in the form language > (lowercase, usually two letters), underscore, country code > (uppercase, usually two letters), dot, encoding (ISO-8859-1..15, > UTF-8, and a few others) and optionally an '@something' modifier > such as '@euro'. The exceptions include C and POSIX which glibc > knows about even without installing locales. > > My general recommendation is that people should use UTF-8, to be > able to render any character which their font supports. But if you > have a lot of files using ISO-8859-15, or correspond with people who > also use 8859-15, then I can see reasons to use that encoding. > > I was going to say "Try LANG=es_ES.ISO-8859-15@euro - you probably > need to set UNICODE=0 with that." but now that I've read the detail > of what you tried in 'vim' I don't think you need to use that legacy > encoding. >
See below. > > I have tried several combinations in my /etc/sysconfig/console: > > UNICODE=1 > > KEYMAP=es > > KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS="euro2" > > FONT="lat0-16 -m 8859-15" > > > > I can see the ñ, ¡, ? and the € in my console, I cannot see accented > > spanish character, á, é, í, ó, ú. > > I was going to offer this suggestion as an alternative, but I think > it will probably do what you need: with those settings in > /etc/sysconfig/console (particularly UNICODE=1) I suggest you try > LANG=es_ES.UTF-8 > After experimenting locally, I recommend you set LC_ALL instead of LANG. I have all the locales installed. When I try e.g. LANG=lb_LU.UTF-8 I get English (or C) output, but I get the expected result if I set LC_ALL. > NB the @euro modifier doesn't apply to es_ES.UTF-8 altohugh it is > required for es_ES.ISO-8859-15@euro. > > The KEYMAP_CORRECTIONS adds to the console keymap and should give > you the euro and cent symbols on AltGr-e and AltGr-c. > > > > > > the LFS-bootschript included the /etc/rc.d/init.d/console, which installed > > the following: > > /etc/sysconfig/console? > > > > I compiled Linux-3.13.3 against the following: make LANG=ISO885915@euro > > LC_ALL= menuconfig > > > Again, that is not a valid LANG specification. But in that command > it only affects messages from menuconfig. As far as I klnow, > menuconfig only outputs messages in English. > > > I am in a Netbook Lenovo s2-10. > > > > If I understand correctly the hierchy of the information is The master > > run-level control script runs all the other bootscripts in a sequence > > gathering information first from locale (taken from glibc) and variable > > $LANG, then look in /etc/sysconfig/console and later look for loadkeys > > loading a different keymap > > is that correct > > "The dead key settings depend on your locale and character set." > > (http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/7493/why-is-the-us-international-keyboard-layout-on-debian-different) > > > > then, why if I compiled against ISO885915@euro, my console is not letting > > me see spanish accented characters? > > > > My question is about understanding LFS and if possible Linux. > > I can see the spanish accented characters using loadkeys > > /usr/share/keymaps/es.map.gz > > > > and in vim > > I can use > > :set enc=utf-8 > > and using CTR+K a+`(accent) = á > > and so on. > > > > I started by assuming you intended to use the 8859-15 encoding, but > from this I think you will be happy with UTF-8. > > > but, why if I compiled against ISO885915@euro, my console is not letting me > > see spanish accented characters? > > When you build the kernel, the language setting in your environment > might allow you to get translations of the warnings and any error > messages from 'make'. But the kernel messages are all in English, > and it relies on userspace (glibc) to handle languages. > > > > > Let me see i you need more output to help me solve my problem. > > -- > > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support > > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > > Unsubscribe: See the above information page > > -- > das eine Mal als Tragödie, dieses Mal als Farce > -- > http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support > FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html > Unsubscribe: See the above information page -- das eine Mal als Tragödie, dieses Mal als Farce -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/lfs-support FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
