From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 22:25:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 22:25:15 -0400 Received: from neon-gw-l3.transmeta.com ([63.209.4.196]:26379 "EHLO neon-gw.transmeta.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 8 Oct 2001 22:25:00 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "H. Peter Anvin" Subject: Re: [PATCH] dead keys in unicode console mode Date: 8 Oct 2001 19:25:15 -0700 Organization: Transmeta Corporation, Santa Clara CA Message-ID: <9ptn6b$5eb$1@cesium.transmeta.com> In-Reply-To: <20011008215313.A11879@melkor.dnp.fmph.uniba.sk> <20011009041618.A6135@win.tue.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Disclaimer: Not speaking for Transmeta in any way, shape, or form. Copyright: Copyright 2001 H. Peter Anvin - All Rights Reserved Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Followup to: <20011009041618.A6135@win.tue.nl> By author: Guest section DW 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 -- at work, in private! "Unix gives you enough rope to shoot yourself in the foot." http://www.zytor.com/~hpa/puzzle.txt