Date: Fri, 23 Nov 2001 02:29:26 +0300 From: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@nagual.pp.ru> To: B.Anastasatos@Freemail.gr Cc: freebsd-i18n@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ACS (Alternate Character Set) support in ISO-8859-7 greek codepage Message-ID: <20011122232925.GA67153@nagual.pp.ru> In-Reply-To: <3BFD87B2.E9691603@MyRealBox.com> References: <20010727132229.B8030-300000@idemnia.ath.cx> <3BFCCE33.A73F605E@MyRealBox.com> <20011122153813.GA62978@nagual.pp.ru> <3BFD87B2.E9691603@MyRealBox.com>
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On Fri, Nov 23, 2001 at 01:18:10 +0200, ??????????? ????????? wrote: > OK, what about creating _separate_ fonts and naming them in such a > way that is obvious they don't conform _exactly_ to ISO-8859' > series? Like el.iso07_with_ACS_enhancements.8x16.fnt. There is no problem with adding non-default non-standard fonts and termcap entries. BTW, I see we have lots of fonts with broken standards conformance, so I plan big fonts cleanup in near time. > Of course people wouldn't use directly the enhancements, instead > the would keep using the ncurses library interface as usual > (cat /usr/include/curses.h | grep define | grep ACS | less). > ncurses would then consult /etc/termcap to find out if and how ACS > is implemented in the actual $TERM console. In this way no > compatibility problems raise. They arise if somebody try to cut & paste them or get a screen copy. -- Andrey A. Chernov http://ache.pp.ru/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-i18n" in the body of the message
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