linux-kernel - Re: [patch] vt: deactive Shift In/Out in unicode mode

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Date:	Tue, 20 Apr 2010 15:56:00 -0400
From:	James Cloos <cloos@...loos.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	"Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [patch] vt: deactive Shift In/Out in unicode mode

>>>>> "AEP" == Alexander E Patrakov <patrakov@...il.com> writes:

AEP> Since KOI7 is not used by any glibc locale, your use case is now
AEP> extinct. I think that, unless someone finds out a different use case,
AEP> these SI and SO characters should be deactivated completely (and not
AEP> just in unicode mode).

SI/SO is also relevant for line draw characters and the like.

Here is a key for the default set in my (X11) term emulator,
I presume it is the same as what the console supports:

 _ ` a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z { | } ~
 ▮ ◆ ▒ ␉ ␌ ␍ ␊ ° ± ␤ ␋ ┘ ┐ ┌ └ ┼ ⎺ ⎻ ─ ⎼ ⎽ ├ ┤ ┴ ┬ │ ≤ ≥ π ≠ £ ·

Those are important, and the console should continue to support them
even when not in UTF-8 mode.

-JimC
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