linux-kernel - Re: Kernel utf-8 handling

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Date:	Sat, 2 Jun 2007 09:51:18 +0200
From:	DervishD <lkml@...vishd.net>
To:	Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@...world.com>
Cc:	Linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Kernel utf-8 handling

    Hi Ken :)

 * Ken Moffat <zarniwhoop@...world.com> dixit:
> On Fri, Jun 01, 2007 at 04:20:58PM +0200, DervishD wrote:
> >     Will the console work as it works now if I can live with latin1
> > accented characters only? Is there any terminal emulator *for the
> > console*, not for X, that handles utf8? Will I be sentenced to X to be
> > able to use my computer with utf8?
> > 
>  Sure, the console will work (don't know about a console terminal
> emulator).  I'm not very keen on compose keys - I find dead
> diacriticals (like in X) are usually easier to enter, and I've got
> all the dead latin1 accents working on my uk keymap.

    I only use compose keys for a bunch of characters like © (copyright
mark) for example. For any other I use dead diacriticals (for example,
to write the accented chars for my mother tongue).

> You can also alter the keymap to allow you do ISO 14755 input
> (ctrl+shift+hex_digits) - useful for occasional characters, if they
> are in your font and you can remember their value.

    I have my keymap modified for that, and I use it as a last resort.
If I find myself using AltGr+hex (that's the key combo I use), I usually
put that character in a compose.

    Thanks for the info, I'm very happy to hear that it works :)))

    Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado

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