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Date: Fri, 04 Aug 2006 12:08:25 +0100
From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Adam Tlałka <atlka@...gda.pl>, akpm@...l.org
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH]console utf-8 mode fixes
Ar Gwe, 2006-08-04 am 12:15 +0200, ysgrifennodd Adam Tlałka:
> Description: patch for drivers/char/vt.c
>
> Fixed utf-8 mode so alternate charset modes always work according
> to control sequences interpreted in do_con_trol function
> preserving backward US-ASCII and VT100 semigraphics compatibility.
>
> Malformed utf-8 sequences are represented as sequences of replacement
> glyphs,original codes or '?' as a last resort.
>
> unicode-xterm, gnome-terminal, kconsole and other terminal emulators
> in utf-8 mode respect acsc, enacs, rmacs sequences. Also I found that
> some important system programs (from Debian distro) uses acsc in utf-8
> mode - dselect, aptitude, w3m for example.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Tla/lka <atlka@...gda.pl>
Testing this in -mm would be good.
Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@...hat.com>
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