Hi,
Le dim 29/09/2002 � 00:08, Kai Henningsen a �crit : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Markus Kuhn) wrote on 23.09.02 in ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote on 2002-09-11 02:46 UTC: > > > - Number of characters, few hundreds is apparently too small for > > > worldwide usage. > > > > The IBM PC text video modes are an utterly obsolete anachronism of the > > days of 4 MHz CPUs and 4 kB video graphic cards. It would do far more > > good than harm if Linux removed support for the graphic cards text modes > > entirely, thereby eliminating the major reason for any 256/512 character > > limit. Linux doesn't run any more on machines, where the text video > > modes provide any noticeable performance benefit. > > Well, it might in the embedded case. > > It is probably safe to assume that anybody who wants to avoid framebuffers > will not need UTF-8 support, though, so a config option for a stripped > down console that way might be useful. > if we implement a complete graphical environment in the framebuffer... it's a way to reinvent X11 ;) Eric! ----- *********[EMAIL PROTECTED]*************** -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
