Re: linux and utf-8

[Elvis Presley <elvispresleydied@xxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks everybody for your input.

1) I'm downloading the SuSE 9.2 dvd iso right now... The 9.0 works pretty well
with utf-8, except for the keymap switching, but I really don't mind clicking.

Please forgive my ignorance, but what are <meta>, <compose>, <win>, .. keys?

Sounds like X jargon.

[I'm not too clear on how the keymap fits into the input stream. I know it
translates keysyms into characters, but I'm not sure how the shortcuts switch
the keymaps.]

2) I'll give fedora a try too.

3) As for Debian, I haven't had time to trim it... I have 8 cds (the readme
says I should have 7), but there are 2 cd 1's, a US and a non-US (and 2 update
cds). The system installs from either; I can't tell the difference. It looks
like I'll have to install the packages by hand -- a daunting project. The
unicode doesn't seem to work using the installation procedure alone.

This is my first Linux box and I'm having a great time.

All comments/incouragement welcome.

Thanks.

Elvis

--- mandioca@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 05, 2005 at 01:20:13PM -0500, srintuar wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I dont think there is anything controversial in there:
> > the linux console is known not to work with unicode,
> > emacs has well documented problems with unicode
> > weve been hearing about for years, and as far as I know
> > fedora seems to have the most aggresive utf-8 support
> > of any distro.
> > 
> > Redhat 7.1 is years out of date, and it certainly wont
> > impress anyone looking for i18n support.
> > 
> > >Please, don't try to start flames.  Thank you.
> > > 
> > >
> > >>Try fedora core 3, its the only way to fly.
> > >>
> > >>Stay away from emacs. (Ive ben editing utf-8 text in
> > >>vim for several years now, no problem) Use gnome
> > >>terminal as your shell. (stay away from the linux
> > >>console itself)
> > >>   
> > >>
> > 
> >
> So, what is me?: A Debian user always running emacs and doing whatever
> you can think with unicode. Please, don't tell peaple what distro, text
> editor etc. they should use... this is a matter of taste... "its the
> _only way_...", "Stay away from..." please, avoid this words.
> 
> --
> mandioca
> 
> 
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> Linux-UTF8:   i18n of Linux on all levels
> Archive:      http://mail.nl.linux.org/linux-utf8/
> 
> 



		
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