Re: UTF-8, OSTA-UDF [why?], Unicode, and miscellaneous gibberish
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Fri, 22 Aug 1997 23:07:01 +0100 (BST)
> No not the console. Any unicode or whatever... on the console will always
> remain an ugly hack. As usless as the current unicode support on the
> console. PEOPLE JUST DON'T REALIZE:
> Character based terminals are at best 8-BIT Dot! Point!
Wrong. Quite a few modern smart terminals can do various forms of unicoding
and/or support multiple fonts. Event the vt100 has about 4 font sets and
most modern terminals also have some of the font sets downloadable
Alan