Re: Unicode console patch
H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:38:06 -0800 (PST)
>
> No, these sequences are no good.
> Instead of describing the structure involved, let me point you at
> the references. Most relevant are ISO 2022, ISO 4873 and ISO 6429
> which are freely available as ECMA-35, ECMA-43 and ECMA-48.
> See http://www.ecma.ch/stand/ecma-035.htm and
> http://www.ecma.ch/stand/ecma-048.htm .
>
> Very brief summary:
> ISO 2022 describes the general setup of character sets,
> ISO 4873 says that the G0 part has to be ASCII,
> ISO 6429 describes the VT100-like escape sequences.
>
> [I looked carefully at these things a few years ago -
> if there are more recent relevant standards, I would like
> to hear about them.]
>
Do you by any chance have a softcopy of ECMA-43/ISO 4873? The ECMA
website doesn't; says paper copies only.
-hpa
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