Re: relevance of "[PATCH] tty utf8 mode" in linux-kernel 2.6.4-rc1

[Tomohiro KUBOTA <debian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

From: Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: relevance of "[PATCH] tty utf8 mode" in linux-kernel 2.6.4-rc1 
Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 14:36:15 +0000


> to the left, not one *cell*. I know that this is not what backspace does
> in some EUC terminal emulators, but I believe a strong case can be made

A correction.  Not *some* EUC terminal emulators, but *every* EUC
terminal emulators.  Do you know *any* example which is popular
in CJK world and on which a 0x08 moves two columns on a doublewidth
character?

I have lived in Japan more than 30 years and have used Japanese as
my first language in Japanese language community.  I also have used
Japanese-capable computers more than 15 years since 16bit personal
computers began to be popular than 8bit computers (which cannot
handle Japanese).  I have never met a Japanese-capable terminal
emulator on which a 0x08 moves two columns on a doublewidth character.

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Tomohiro KUBOTA <kubota@xxxxxxxxxx>
http://www.debian.or.jp/~kubota/

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