From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] dead keys in unicode console mode
Date: 8 Oct 2001 19:25:15 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9ptn6b$5eb$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20011008215313.A11879@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk> <20011009041618.A6135@win.tue.nl>
Followup to: <20011009041618.A6135@win.tue.nl>
By author: Guest section DW <dwguest@win.tue.nl>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> If you want to do something like this, a new ioctl and a new
> structure are necessary. If you design something new, keep
> examples like Vietnamese in mind (with several accents on
> one symbol). We do support that now in the 8-bit world,
> but complete support of the 16-bit world still requires
> some work. (And in the meantime Unicode has already gone beyond.)
>
Absolutely; under no circumstances should any further 16-bit
interfaces be created. We should expect to have to expand into the
full 31-bit Unicode space.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-09 2:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-08 19:53 [PATCH] dead keys in unicode console mode Radovan Garabik
2001-10-09 2:16 ` Guest section DW
2001-10-09 2:25 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-10-09 7:28 ` Radovan Garabik
2001-10-10 17:19 ` Pavel Machek
2001-10-16 8:03 ` Radovan Garabik
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