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Date:      Sat, 21 Apr 2001 09:22:24 +0400
From:      Alex Kapranoff <kapr@acm.org>
To:        mi@aldan.algebra.com
Cc:        "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru>, Garrett Wollman <wollman@khavrinen.lcs.mit.edu>, 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:  <20010421092223.A1730@kapran.bitmcnit.bryansk.su>
In-Reply-To: <200104192112.f3JLClC41166@misha.privatelabs.com>; from mi@aldan.algebra.com on Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 05:12:46PM -0400
References:  <20010420000255.A71257@nagual.pp.ru> <200104192112.f3JLClC41166@misha.privatelabs.com>

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On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 05:12:46PM -0400, mi@aldan.algebra.com wrote:
> On 20 Apr, Andrey A. Chernov wrote:
>  
> = > pseudo-graphics anyway --  as I mention in the part  you deleted, koi8-r
> = > already has this problem... 
> = 
> = koi8-r have no problems with pseudographics, it can be used freely.
> 
> Not all of them, clearly...
>  
> = > I'm sure, you've seen sysinstall with koi8-r fonts loaded...
> =
> = I see no problems just running sysinstall. As I already say, something
> = wrong with your terminal or you not provide enough details.
> =
> = > Are  you saying,  people  on  the Russian  fido  groups know,  which
> = > pseudo-graphics can and which can not be used? koi8-u just
> =
> = They use all pseudographics. I mean Usenet fido7 hierarchy.
> 
> Not all  of the pseudographics  -- otherwise  I'd have no  problems with
> sysinstall. By switching  to cons25r I can make  sysinstall look better,
> but, it seems,  it has to use  ``-'' or ``_'' for  horizontal lines, for
> example. Right?

  Uh, no. That's a known problem with VGA 9 pixel wide chars. VGA has a
hard-wired range of codes for pseudographics which has nothing in common
with koi8-r. Everything is thoroughly explained in handbook l10n section
including workaround with screenmap. Another variant is to use VGA_90x
video modes which use 8 pixel wide chars.

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