linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] vt: Expose system-wide UTF-8 default setting via sysfs

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Date:	Tue, 3 Apr 2007 16:20:52 +0000
From:	Pavel Machek <pavel@....cz>
To:	"Antonino A. Daplas" <adaplas@...il.com>
Cc:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Linux Kernel Development <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>,
	Paul LeoNerd Evans <leonerd@...nerd.org.uk>,
	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] vt: Expose system-wide UTF-8 default setting via sysfs

Hi!

> Create a variable, default_utf8, that defines the system-wide default UTF-8
> setting.  This variable can be altered via sysfs. If the variable is properly
> set, this should mimimize breakage of UTF-8 encoded consoles when doing a
> reset or echo -e '\033c' and of newly opened/allocated consoles.

HPA is right... this should be fixed in userland. Reset should reset a
console, and if you want utf-8, do \ec\ewhatever to get it.

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