To issue the escape sequences, you could try say,
echo -e "\033(0"
but I am still loyal to good old 2.0.36, so I don't know if you'll like
what you get.
Lawson
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On Sun, 25 Apr 1999, Matthew Haas wrote:
> Greetings.
>
> Back in the pre 2.0.34 kernel days, the latin1 character set was loaded
by
> default... those (like me) with /etc/issue files which used the
so-called
> "block characters" intermixed with ANSI escape codes enjoyed colorful
> logon screens, which lived happily with other applications (ncurses,
even
> dialog) with no mismatching of characters. Along comes 2.0.34 with the
> UNICODE, and no longer is this so... luckily, with the 2.0 kernels, a
> simple:
>
> # loadunimap lat1
>
> fixed the problem. Along come the great 2.2 kernels.. love 'em. However
> now the segregation between latin 1 characters and normal is severe. I
can
> loadunimap lat1 and my /etc/issue is great, but programs which use
ncurses
> (like dialog) which use some of those extended ASCII characters are now
> screwed over (normally they look ok, and /etc/issue looks screwed
over).
> Happy medium? Perhaps... I read through /usr/src/linux/Documentation,
and
> found a file called unicode.txt, which has the following:
>
> >>
>
> The Linux kernel code has been rewritten to use Unicode to map
> characters to fonts. By downloading a single Unicode-to-font table,
> both the eight-bit character sets and UTF-8 mode are changed to use
> the font as indicated.
>
> This changes the semantics of the eight-bit character tables subtly.
> The four character tables are now:
>
> Map symbol Map name Escape code (G0)
>
> LAT1_MAP Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1) ESC ( B
> GRAF_MAP DEC VT100 pseudographics ESC ( 0
> IBMPC_MAP IBM code page 437 ESC ( U
> USER_MAP User defined ESC ( K
>
> In particular, ESC ( U is no longer "straight to font", since the font
> might be completely different than the IBM character set. This
> permits for example the use of block graphics even with a Latin-1 font
> loaded.
>
> <<
>
> I caught on to the phrase "permits for example the use of block
graphics
> even with a Latin-1 font loaded"...this sounds like what I want... I
see
> the Escape Code...but that's where my problems begin...it doesn't look
> like any normal escape code, and I have no idea how to apply it. It
would
> be perfect to get everything cooperating on the same character set
(telnet
> is another one which agrees with raw ANSI (telnetting into ANSI
oriented
> BBSes), yet disagrees with many ncurses programs). Any ideas?
>
> Thanks.
>
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