Date: Sat, 14 Dec 2013 20:13:09 +0000 From: "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: Devin Teske <dteske@freebsd.org>, "Teske, Devin" <Devin.Teske@fisglobal.com>, FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD 10 default terminal emulation Message-ID: <0B216BE2-49E3-459B-BDF6-93720CD66F85@fisglobal.com> In-Reply-To: <20131214185847.5cf202f2.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20131214185847.5cf202f2.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Dec 14, 2013, at 9:58 AM, Polytropon wrote: > I have a quite strange question. Yesterday I've been using a > FreeBSD/i386 10 RC system for some tests, and I discovered that > the entries in /etc/ttys define "xterm" instead of "cons25" > for the getty invocations assigned to the virtual terminals > (text mode). Of course, german umlauts and several edit keys > (delete, for example) don't work. In order to use german > umlauts, is it still valid to change "xterm" to "cons25l1" > (along with some rc.conf settings related to german keyboard, > gont, shell)? I'm not intending to use UTF-8, because this adds > extra complexity and maybe trouble that I simply don't need, > and, as far as I know, isn't even supported in text mode, > but "cons25l1" (likewise: de_DE.ISO8859-1) is, or at least > has been for decades... >=20 > Because during next year I plan to migrate some systems from > FreeBSD 8 and 9 to 10, I'd like to be prepared on how I can > preserve the feature of being able to use german special > characters even in text mode (because sometimes that's all > what is accessible locally). >=20 Does this help? bsdconfig syscons_ttys Select option #3: ISO 8859-1 cons25l1 NB: Don't forget to log out and back in on the console. --=20 Devin _____________ The information contained in this message is proprietary and/or confidentia= l. If you are not the intended recipient, please: (i) delete the message an= d all copies; (ii) do not disclose, distribute or use the message in any ma= nner; and (iii) notify the sender immediately. In addition, please be aware= that any message addressed to our domain is subject to archiving and revie= w by persons other than the intended recipient. Thank you.
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