Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 1 Jun 2007 21:21:49 +0200 (MEST) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: Kernel utf-8 handling |
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On Jun 1 2007 16:20, DervishD wrote: > > This said, I know that the console will give me no problems >regarding character representantion (heck, I'm pretty sure that I will >be able to use even the same font I'm using right now in the console if >I get the proper unicode map), but probably will give me problems when >*entering* characters. I've read that the kernel handles accented chars, >and things like 'ñ' (ntilde) because it assumes that any composed >character (composed using dead keys, for example) is in the latin1 >range. While this is not a perfect behaviour, it will work for me.
(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
so not sure where your problem is. I do however have a patch that you could try should a problem arise. I should repost and ask around again and beat until it's in :)
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