Re: Kernel utf-8 handling

Jan Engelhardt
2007-06-02T10:53:25Z

On Jun 2 2007 09:58, DervishD wrote:
>
> * H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com> dixit:
>> Jan Engelhardt wrote:
>> > (1) I can do <Compose><~><n> just fine on vt
>> > (2) I can do <ö> just fine on vt too
>> > (3) And copy+paste them both using GPM too, again w/o probs
>>
>> Both of those are in the 0-255 range, though. I thought the issue was
>> with characters 256+, like ??. At least on my FC6 system that doesn't
>> work with gpm.

I've got a cp437 "DOS" font loaded[1], and giving a glance at
/usr/share/kbd/unimaps/cp437.uni tells me right away:

0x01 U+263A

So I create U+263A in joe (ESC ' x 2 6 3 a), it displays fine (the
smiley character), and I can copy/paste it using GPM without
problems. Though, I have that patch[2] in my kernel. Can you check
if it works if you apply it?

[1] https://dev.computergmbh.de/svn/hxtools/trunk/kbd/ahnv.fnt
[2] http://lkml.org/lkml/2007/6/1/339
(I also have it for 2.6.18 and 2.6.20 if you need)

Jan
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