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    SubjectRe: VT console need rewrite
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    在 2010-11-29一的 10:58 +0100,Samuel Thibault写道:
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    > 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).
    >
    > But complete unicode support (with arabic ligatures, tibetan
    > combinations, etc.) won't ever be accepted in the kernel as that's far
    > too involved in terms of font rendering. So the userland way needs to
    > be fixed for these anyway, and then things like chinese will go
    > along...
    >
    > Samuel

    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.





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