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Date:      Fri, 20 Apr 2001 02:29:26 +0400
From:      "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        mi@aldan.algebra.com
Cc:        cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/share/syscons/fonts cp866u-8x14.fnt cp866u-8x16 .fnt         cp866u-8x8.fnt koi8-u-8x14.fnt koi8-u-8x16.fnt koi8-u-8x8.fnt INDEX.fonts Makefile src/share/syscons/keymaps         ua.koi8-u.sh ift.al t.kbd INDEX.keymaps Makefile ...
Message-ID:  <20010420022925.A74072@nagual.pp.ru>
In-Reply-To: <200104192219.f3JMJVC41452@misha.privatelabs.com>; from mi@aldan.algebra.com on Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 06:19:29PM -0400
References:  <20010420011912.A72971@nagual.pp.ru> <200104192219.f3JMJVC41452@misha.privatelabs.com>

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On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 18:19:29 -0400, mi@aldan.algebra.com wrote:

> Well,  let  me rephrase  it.  Are  ALL  of the  pseudo-graphics  symbols
> available  in ASCII  also  available  in KOI8-R  (even  if at  different
> positions)?

There is no pseudographics in ASCII.

> In  any  case,  I'd  suggest  we  make a  symlink  koi8  ->  koi8-u  for
> compatibility with OpenBSD if for no other reasons.

I suggest OpenBSD developers to fix their mistaken decision.

> May be, teach  the termcap to look for: $TERM-$CHARSET  prior to looking
> for  $TERM itself  in the  database  (with charset  being obtained  from
> LANG)? What will this break?

It breaks libtermcap and libncurses documented way of things making
unportable programs at least.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
http://ache.pp.ru/

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