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Date: Thu, 29 May 2014 13:14:36 +0300
From: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>
To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
Subject: Re: FreeBSD-10.0r. on Lenovo G780 (fwd)
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Hi guys!

On Wed, 28 May 2014 17:25:42 -0400
Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org> wrote:

> On 27 May 2014 22:38, Victor Sudakov <vas@mpeks.tomsk.su> wrote:
> >
> > It would be nice to have a choice of fonts. I am fond of traditional
> > larger 80x25 consoles but I respect others' right to prefer a
> > different look.
> 
> Yes, absolutely.  My point is just that we're better off using the
> native resolution, and a larger font, than stretching a 640x480
> display.
> 
> > The question is, what fonts does vt(4) use, and how do I choose a
> > font? The vidfont command complains of "getting keymap: Inappropriate
> > ioctl for device".
> 
> vt(4) fonts are a new format, and we don't yet install a set of fonts,
> but there are some samples in
> http://people.freebsd.org/~emaste/newcons/

I've collect fonts here:
http://people.freebsd.org/~ray/newcons/fonts/
Thanks to Ed Maste and Claude Buisson for preparing it.

> 
> Setfont is currently a standalone tool in the src tree under
> tools/tools/vt/setfont (and is not installed).  It will be merged into
> vidcontrol / vidfont in the future.
> 
> > Do you mean to say I cannot switch vt from Latin to Cyrillic input yet?
> 
> The kernel infrastructure is in place, but we don't ship UTF-8 keymaps
> yet, so you'd have to generate your own at the moment.


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Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org>