linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] console UTF-8 fixes

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Date:	Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:46:55 +0200 (MEST)
From:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
To:	Egmont Koblinger <egmont@...linux.hu>
cc:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] console UTF-8 fixes


On Apr 12 2007 18:55, Egmont Koblinger wrote:
>
>> >> I've been thinking on it and I'm not sure which one the right
>> >> way is. The reason for choosing this was probably that this way
>> >> information that is not used by the code can be omitted by the
>> >> compiler.
>> >
>> > Then let's leave it out of the source.
>> 
>> I however will put this into my rpm if it works/isstable.
>
>We've arrived at another coding policy :)
>
>There are two possible behaviors, each have pros and cons. HPA
>prefers one, while Jan and me would prefer the other.

I don't really care how it's done - however it should at least not
hurt in the eyes (<->CodingStyle). I just welcome this
functionality/bugfix, because I find myself editing text with
undisplayable characters more often than not. Should be ok now.


Jan
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