Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Nov 2010 10:09:15 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 1/2] Kernel fbcon UNICODE font support |
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> I know there are most people speaking only English, and never meet > non-ASCII characters on console. But, hey , what about others ?
Like the people who have never met Indic languages or half-space using languages, or Arabic or right to left/left to right mixed or ...
> So, here is the solution: Making framebuffer console handle UNICODE font in > kernel.
It isn't really a solution - the rendering rules for Unicode are extremely complex, this is why things like Pango exist to do it in user space.
Alan
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