linux-kernel - Re: VT console need rewrite

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Message-ID: <1291025476.9785.5.camel@cai.gentoo>
Date:	Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:11:16 +0800
From:	Microcai <microcai@...oraproject.org>
To:	Samuel Thibault <samuel.thibault@...-lyon.org>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc:	Ted Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, Lisa Milne <lisa@...net.com>,
	"jonsmirl@...il.com" <jonsmirl@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-console@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: VT console need rewrite

在 2010-11-29一的 10:58 +0100，Samuel Thibault写道：
> 
> Simple unicode font (i.e. just go beyond the arbitrary historical-vga
> 512 glyphs limit for fbcon) might go in.  Double-width is
> questionable,
> but it can probably simple enough to be able to get in (there is
> already
> some code for it anyway).
> 
> But complete unicode support (with arabic ligatures, tibetan
> combinations, etc.) won't ever be accepted in the kernel as that's far
> too involved in terms of font rendering.  So the userland way needs to
> be fixed for these anyway, and then things like chinese will go
> along...
> 
> Samuel 

YES, my patch just include BMP(mostly CJK), not full UNICODE. IF it can
be included, then I can do more work to make sure it doesn't break old
stuff. And it's configurable. users don't have to be forced to use.





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