> JA> So by default you are going to start the keyboard in an ISO-2022
> JA> escape mode. You will need to specify which escape mode you are in so
> JA> that the appropriate sequence can be sent to return to ISO-2022 mode
> JA> when it is appropriate.
>
> I'm not quite sure what you mean. The keyboard will have a fixed
> ISO 2022 state; no sequence sent from the host will ever influence this
> state.
>
> In other words, there will be a certain *fixed* mapping for gl, gr,
> g0, g1, g2 and g3. In the default 8-bit mode, a keypress will send,
> in order of preference, one of:
>
> 7-bit gl code;
> 8-bit gr code;
> SS2 7-bit g2 code (optional);
> SS3 7-bit g3 code (optional).
>
> By default, generation of g2 and g3 codes will be disabled, as I
> expect most applications to get confused by SS2 and SS3 in keyboard
> input.
How do I switch from ISO 8859-1 to ISO 8859-4 using your scheme?
How do I switch to UTF-8 mode?
How does the host application know which mode the terminal input
stream is using?
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