Author: alexander Date: 2005-12-06 23:05:30 -0700 (Tue, 06 Dec 2005) New Revision: 1240
Modified: trunk/doc/README Log: Updated README Modified: trunk/doc/README =================================================================== --- trunk/doc/README 2005-12-07 05:58:41 UTC (rev 1239) +++ trunk/doc/README 2005-12-07 06:05:30 UTC (rev 1240) @@ -14,18 +14,17 @@ * curl (command line file retriever) * lynx (text web browser) * w3m (text web browser) -* links (text web browser) -* irssi (console irc client) +* irssi (console irc client, unstable version) * firefox (graphical web browser) * xchat (x-based irc client) -* msmtp (SMTP client for use with mutt and slrn) +* msmtp (SMTP client for use with mutt and tin) * mutt (console mail and news reader) * thunderbird (graphical mail and news reader) * tin (console news reader) Text Editors * vim -* nano +* nano (unstable version) * joe Network Tools @@ -76,10 +75,9 @@ doesn't support 24-bit color depth. You still have to edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf using vim, joe or nano in order to -configure the keyboard layout and available video modes (otherwise the US -English keyboard layout and the highest resolution with 60 Hz refresh rate -will be used). Instructions for doing that are found in the BLFS book, under -the section Configuring Xorg: +configure the available video modes (otherwise the highest resolution with +60 Hz refresh rate will be used). Instructions for doing that are found in +the BLFS book, under the section Configuring Xorg: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/x/installing.html#xorg @@ -142,6 +140,48 @@ Configure a known static IP address there, as described in the LFS book, section "7.12. Configuring the network Script". +INTERNATIONALIZATION +================ +It is possible to specify the locale using the bootloader prompt, like this: + + linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] + +The CD tries to guess the proper screen font and keymap based on this +information. If the guess is wrong, you can override it by adding the +following parameters: + + KEYMAP: specifies the console keymap(s) to load (actually the arguments to + the "loadkeys" program separated by the "+" sign), e.g: KEYMAP=es+euro1 + + LEGACY_CHARSET: sometimes a ready-made UTF-8 keymap is not available and + must be obtained by converting an existing keymap from this charset to UTF-8. + E.g.: LEGACY_CHARSET=iso-8859-15 + This parameter is not used in non-UTF-8 locales. + + FONT: specifies the screen font to set (actually, the arguments to the + "setfont" program separated by the "+" sign), e.g: + FONT=LatArCyrHeb-16+-m+8859-15 + + XKEYMAP: the keymap to use with X window system, e.g. XKEYMAP=us_intl + +Alternatively, these items can be configured interactively using dialog-based +interface if the locale is not specified on the boot prompt. + +For some locales (e.g. lv_LV.ISO-8859-13) there is no valid console keymap, +but there is a keymap for X. In this case, the only solution is to use X. +Languages that need special input method software (e.g. Chinese, Japanese +and Korean) are not supported yet. + +While this CD configures the LANG environment variable, console font and +keymap for you, it's your responsibility to configure other locale-dependent +parameters manually. You may want to configure character sets for SAMBA in +/etc/samba/smb.conf, and to explicitly specify the "iocharset" and "codepage" +options when mounting filesystems with Windows origin (e.g., vfat and isofs). + +The CD contains TrueType fonts that cover the orthography of most of European +and some Asian languages. No additional configuration is required in order to +use these fonts. + THANKS =========================== Special thanks to Alexander Patrakov, Andrew Sanch, Archaic, Matthew Burgess, -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/livecd FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/faq/ Unsubscribe: See the above information page
