I don't know about inserting unicode characters, but I tested the lat2 font for handling unicode a few days ago. It seems accents and certain cyrillic characters work ok, but japanese, korean etc do not work. I guess it just provides a unicode mapping, but not all unicode characters. I haven't tested all the consolefonts available in arch though. Gerald Otter On 11:49 Mon 06 Apr , Maurício wrote:
> Do you think it's possible to live without X, replacing framebuffer > for it, using packages available for arch? (...) > You can use fbgs from fbida package to see pdf's, and a browser > like w3m-graphics or links-g. And yes, it is possible. mplayer also has a fb output plugin I'm not quite sure where it is, but if you have the time to search, there is a thread on the arch bbs about doing exactly what you want. (...) Thanks for all tips.
I'm also concerned about the terminal itself. Unicode is important to me, and today I use 'mlterm' with 'Liberation' font. Can I get the same with a framebuffer terminal?
If by same you mean getting unicode on a virtual console, then yes its possible. I think the lat2-16.psfu.gz font (which you can set in your rc.conf) is unicode.
Choosed lat2 and it's a nice font.
How do I type unicode in a Linux terminal (i.e., using the number code for a character that is not available with my keyboard map)? This is something I looked everywhere and found no answer.
Thanks, Maurício