On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > Hi all. I'm wondering two things about using UTF-8 on the console, where > I spend a significant portion, though by no means the majority, of my > computer time: > > - What is the cleanest possible way to get the console (all of the > virtual consoles, not just the bootup one) into UTF-8 mode as early as > possible? If it matters, I'm using the Rage 128 framebuffer driver on > x86 Debian sid.
Maybe putting a ESC%G sequence in your /etc/issue (?). > - I remember hearing about a tool that takes a bdf or some other full > font format and being able to extract any arbitrary set of 512 > characters from it and put that set into a console font. Can any of > you point me to it? It would be nice to make various Unicode console > fonts tailored to my tastes. It comes with Unicode VGA font, by Dmitry Bolkhovityanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> avalable at http://www.inp.nsk.su/~bolkhov/files/fonts/univga/ > Have a good day, and keep up the high-quality i18n hackery. > > - Jimmy Kaplowitz > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels > Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/ > -- Behdad 23 Azar 1380, 2001 Dec 14 [Finger for Geek Code] -- Linux-UTF8: i18n of Linux on all levels Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
