[arch-general] Surviving without X

[Gerald Otter]

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
>