Re: Testing for UTF-8 tty mode

[Bruno Haible <haible@ilog.fr>]

Andries Brouwer writes:

> And just like everybody knows what a pain it is having to deal
> with write-only registers in video cards and the like,
> so is it painful if some aspects of the kernel are write-only,

Agreed.

Now, consoles need to know about UTF-8 mode, but other ttys need as well,
for the purpose of correct functioning of the backspace and tab keys
in line editing in ICANON mode.

So the ioctl we are seeking is TCGETA/TCSETAF, right?

Bruno
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