The point people miss is that: We don't have a userspace terminal emulator that supports all Unicode scripts yet, not that the concept is well-defined at all, not that all scripts can be rendered in such a grid. As soon as we have a clue about what it should look like (mlterm tries to do figure out), then we can think about if anybody wants to port/write all the code in kernel too or not.
behdad On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Martin Wiss wrote: > > I think Edward states that this is his opinion. I would also love to see > > all of Unicode 4.1 supported > > on the Linux console. However it looks difficult to get someone with those > > two incompatible(?) skills, Linux kernel programming and love for > > linguistics... > > Quite often there are various people wanting to make linux available in > their own languages. There are various linux-user-groups (for example for > myanmar, khmer, indic scripts and so on...) > But it seems like they get lost. I think because of lack of organization and > cooperation. > It has to be a cooperative effort in order to get full support in one > implementation. > As we have stated, noone can possible know everything about all the scripts > in the world, as well as knowing kernel programming, and have the time to do > all this work. > So the the implementation of each script should preferably be done by native > speakers of the various languages. But the work has to be coordinated in > some way. > > Another question: What is the use of the concept of "four console character > cells", "double cell width" etc.. for scripts that have various cellwidths? > (like burmese) ShouldnÂt one cell always be large enough to fit the char? > IsnÂt it better to always put one character into one cell, and instead > increase or decrease the cell width? I guess that is what the concept of > cells are used for... I mean there is no use to have multiple cells for one > char. It is like selecting the left part of an "M" or the rigth part of an > "Z". Why would one like to do something like that? > > By the way, I think the burmese script is the most beautiful and elegant > script in the world. And it would be wonderful if it could be used in linux > terminals. Not only because of its eastethic features but I think also it > would be important for the connectivity and development in Myanmar. And > increased connectivity could have many other possitive effects for that > country for many reasons. > > Martin > > > -- > Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/ > > > --behdad http://behdad.org/ -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
