I'm not exatly much interested in the op subject but I found very interesting the insight you are offering us, Christal.
So for the best unicode support / capabilities what console type do you suggest, xterm? Recently I switched to pccon for the main console but beside some key supports (like <page up>and <page down>) I got no extra or colors. I should investigate the details of the Dec console in the proper console file as well, but in this context is the mentioned Dec console an acceptable alternative to xterm for eg. a laptop? dan bsd.numode.eu
