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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Kernel fbcon UNICODE font support
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 13:53:30 +0000
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> Think about w3m, It must run on framebuffer to display pictures. 
> But, I must run on fbterm to display CJK characters .....

So you want a windowing layer - thats a user space problem. You need that
anyway to keep the pictures and the text in the right places relative to
one another and to handle events.

> Well, if you have that time, please find out those softwares that need
> to rewrite, and, send patches to them. I'm sure they will just reply :
> why not handle UNICODE in kernel ?!

Which has been answered, if you want to run multiple graphical apps on a
framebuffer use a windowing system like everyone else does, and I would
imagine "use X" is what most of the software people would tell you.