On чет, 01 ное 2012 14:28:43 CET, "Jérôme M. Berger" wrote:
Tom Gundersen wrote:
On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 10:33 AM, "Jérôme M. Berger" <jeberger@free.fr> wrote:
So what is FONT_MAP for?
Check the setfont(8) manpage.
Thanks. So if I understand correctly, it is useful for programs that output 8 bit characters that are not valid UTF-8 sequences and serves to convert their output into valid unicode for display, right?
No, some console fonts don't have a Unicode map, so they're essentially an index -> glyph file where index is from 0-255. A unicode map adds a "Unicode Code Point -> index" mapping. Most fonts in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts should have bult-in maps (haven't checked though). For those that don't have it, there's the -m option in setfont or FONT_MAP. Without an unicode map, you must make sure the loaded font has the same layout as the charset you're using. Without the unicode map you can't use utf8 -- дамјан