Re: [PATCH]console utf-8 mode fixes

From: Alan Cox
Date: Fri Aug 04 2006 - 06:47:31 EST


Ar Gwe, 2006-08-04 am 12:15 +0200, ysgrifennodd Adam TlaÅka:
> Description: patch for drivers/char/vt.c
>
> Fixed utf-8 mode so alternate charset modes always work according
> to control sequences interpreted in do_con_trol function
> preserving backward US-ASCII and VT100 semigraphics compatibility.
>
> Malformed utf-8 sequences are represented as sequences of replacement
> glyphs,original codes or '?' as a last resort.
>
> unicode-xterm, gnome-terminal, kconsole and other terminal emulators
> in utf-8 mode respect acsc, enacs, rmacs sequences. Also I found that
> some important system programs (from Debian distro) uses acsc in utf-8
> mode - dselect, aptitude, w3m for example.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Tla/lka <atlka@xxxxxxxxx>

Testing this in -mm would be good.

Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
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