From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Microcai Subject: Re: VT console need rewrite Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 18:11:16 +0800 Message-ID: <1291025476.9785.5.camel@cai.gentoo> References: <1290941875.13526.15.camel@cai.gentoo> <73BC440E-833E-4E1B-ACCC-5D68BAB89D83@mit.edu> <1290951770.13526.18.camel@cai.gentoo> <20101129020610.7ea7c79e.lisa@ltmnet.com> <1290961207.13526.31.camel@cai.gentoo> <20101128194624.GP2767@thunk.org> <1290993244.877.3.camel@cai.gentoo> <20101129085829.GM5142@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> <1291023157.9785.2.camel@cai.gentoo> <20101129095823.GQ5142@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> Reply-To: microcai@fedoraproject.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:sender:subject:from:reply-to :to:cc:in-reply-to:references:content-type:organization:date :message-id:mime-version:x-mailer:content-transfer-encoding; bh=q/C7v/RvATWS0KP5uIKTTLriTSbIvi/Jkh6vpY91zSk=; b=ERocapjAS6txltrcr5yiNtWi8bWTa+K4b4YpaOlNKfKLfa1x5KikOThKUOccNQzBHv m5F3+RWmFRvKsD+u5n9jPPWE26NyWg9XMtqq6Z5XQYJKxDPfCEkBUIR0QwXbD2ZRj5n0 lBPuKI9INk9PUSAm+G26b2kmJqcXFqn53FDag= In-Reply-To: <20101129095823.GQ5142@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> Sender: linux-console-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" To: Samuel Thibault , Alan Cox Cc: Ted Ts'o , Lisa Milne , "jonsmirl@gmail.com" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-console@vger.kernel.org =E5=9C=A8 2010-11-29=E4=B8=80=E7=9A=84 10:58 +0100=EF=BC=8CSamuel Thiba= ult=E5=86=99=E9=81=93=EF=BC=9A >=20 > 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). >=20 > But complete unicode support (with arabic ligatures, tibetan > combinations, etc.) won't ever be accepted in the kernel as that's fa= r > too involved in terms of font rendering. So the userland way needs t= o > be fixed for these anyway, and then things like chinese will go > along... >=20 > Samuel=20 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. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-console= " in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html