Re: [PATCH] vt: Expose system-wide UTF-8 default setting via sysfs

[Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>]

Hi!

> > > HPA is right... this should be fixed in userland. Reset should reset a
> > > console, and if you want utf-8, do \ec\ewhatever to get it.
> > 
> > As I've already said elsewhere, does anything say that "reset" means
> > that UTF-8 is turned off, or merely reset back to some known state? I
> > personally would consider that UTF-8 being on is the default, and if
> > something wants it off it should ask specifically..
> > 
> > Consider any other terminal emulator, such as those running on X11; when
> > they're reset, they know to keep UTF-8 mode turned on, because it said
> > so in their config, or in the locale. Kernel doesn't really have nice
> > access to the LANG environment variable, but we can give it something
> > similar; namely, via a module parameter.
> 
> I agree with Paul.  Reset or RIS is (R)eset to (I)nitial (S)tate,
> represented as ESC 06/03. "Initial state" is defined in ECMA-48 as the
> state of the device after it was made operational. It doesn't
> necessarily mean that the "initial state" is the safest configuration.
> So, if this "initial state" includes enabling UTF-8, then the device has
> to go into UTF-8 upon invoking RIS.

You could do that... during development series. But this is
userspace-visible API change, and those are not allowed during stable.

...and having /sysctl configuring inital state for reset is just plain
ugly.


									Pavel
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