Re: Linux Console in UTF-8 - current state

[Eric Streit <Eric.streit@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,


Le dim 29/09/2002 à 00:08, Kai Henningsen a écrit :
> Markus.Kuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Markus Kuhn)  wrote on 23.09.02 in <E17tbkV-0008Mh-00@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> 
> > Tomohiro KUBOTA wrote on 2002-09-11 02:46 UTC:
> > >  - Number of characters, few hundreds is apparently too small for
> > >    worldwide usage.
> >
> > The IBM PC text video modes are an utterly obsolete anachronism of the
> > days of 4 MHz CPUs and 4 kB video graphic cards. It would do far more
> > good than harm if Linux removed support for the graphic cards text modes
> > entirely, thereby eliminating the major reason for any 256/512 character
> > limit. Linux doesn't run any more on machines, where the text video
> > modes provide any noticeable performance benefit.
> 
> Well, it might in the embedded case.
> 
> It is probably safe to assume that anybody who wants to avoid framebuffers  
> will not need UTF-8 support, though, so a config option for a stripped  
> down console that way might be useful.
> 


if we implement a complete graphical environment in the framebuffer...
it's a way to reinvent X11 ;) 

Eric!
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