From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Samuel Thibault Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Kernel fbcon UNICODE font support Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 09:52:19 +0100 Message-ID: <20101129085219.GL5142@const.bordeaux.inria.fr> References: <20101126104818.1e8f6511@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <20101126114205.4fbefa54@pyx> <1290772421.6087.11.camel@cai.gentoo> <20101126232503.30cfe78b@pyx> <1290837149.677.4.camel@cai.gentoo> <20101127135330.5e32a45a@pyx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-console-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" To: microcai Cc: Alan Cox , linux-console@vger.kernel.org microcai, le Mon 29 Nov 2010 09:42:30 +0800, a =E9crit : > >> 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 rep= ly : > >> 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 w= ould > > imagine "use X" is what most of the software people would tell you. >=20 > think of w3m. which runs on framebuffer, so ,fbterm is useless here. > But w3m uses framebuffer to draw pictures, not characters. > So, if you want nice output, enable UNICODE font in kernel will be th= e > best way rather than hacking into the w3m code. Well, fbterm shouldn't prevent applications from being able to draw on the console. That's where the fix could go too (and it makes a lot of sense). > if you hack one w3m ,there will be another one that need this kinds o= f hack .... > implement it in kernel was/is/will be the best choice. The kernel will never accept good enough support for all kind of unicod= e script. Think of arabic ligatures, tibetan combinations, etc. You don't want to put a rendering engine for these in the kernel. fbterm i= s there for that. Samuel -- 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