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charles17
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 Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2014 12:20 pm Post subject: What does unicode="YES" as defined in rc.conf ?? |
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| /etc/rc.conf wrote: | ##############################################################################
# MISC CONFIGURATION VARIABLES
# There variables are shared between many init scripts
# Set unicode to YES to turn on unicode support for keyboards and screens.
unicode="YES" |
Which programs or processes make usage of this setting that we have in rc.conf?
Is it for framebuffer, for X? Or just leftover from the past?
And what is the relation (if any) to what we've defined in /etc/conf.d/keymaps? | /etc/conf.d/keymaps wrote: | # Use keymap to specify the default console keymap. There is a complete tree
# of keymaps in /usr/share/keymaps to choose from.
keymap="de-latin1"
# Should we first load the 'windowkeys' console keymap? Most x86 users will
# say "yes" here. Note that non-x86 users should leave it as "no".
# Loading this keymap will enable VT switching (like ALT+Left/Right)
# using the special windows keys on the linux console.
windowkeys="no"
# The maps to load for extended keyboards. Most users will leave this as is.
extended_keymaps=""
#extended_keymaps="backspace keypad euro2"
# Tell dumpkeys(1) to interpret character action codes to be
# from the specified character set.
# This only matters if you set unicode="yes" in /etc/rc.conf.
# For a list of valid sets, run `dumpkeys --help`
dumpkeys_charset=""
# Some fonts map AltGr-E to the currency symbol ¤ instead of the Euro €
# To fix this, set to "yes"
fix_euro="NO" |
What would I be missing if commented out that setting in rc.conf?
Would I still be able to login?
Last edited by charles17 on Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:10 pm; edited 1 time in total |
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i92guboj
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 11:21 am Post subject: |
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If you want to know where this variable is used, you can easily check by looking into /etc/init.d/, for example:
| Code: | | $ grep unicode /etc/init.d/* |
The output might vary slightly depending on the packages you have installed, I guess. The concrete purpose of that variable will depend on the service. It is probably used nowadays to control the unicode capabilities of a few basic services, such as the tty handler, the console (VT) fonts and the keymaps.
Within the keymaps.conf file there are some variables that are used as far as I know only by the keymaps service, but I could be wrong.
I know the keymaps service uses the "unicode" variable, but can't remember what for. Nowadays I rarely touch the VT. I find that X is a convenient way to pile up terms and even if you use tmux or screen the key combo handling is superior in X. Also, if you don't use KMS the text scrolls much faster in X. I think I am getting lazy  |
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charles17
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| Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2014 2:10 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the hint. So here it's only consolefont, keymaps and termencoding.
| Code: | $ grep unicode /etc/init.d/*
/etc/init.d/consolefont: unicodemap=${unicodemap:-${UNICODEMAP}}
/etc/init.d/consolefont: if [ -n "${unicodemap}" ]; then
/etc/init.d/consolefont: param="$param -u $unicodemap"
/etc/init.d/keymaps: : ${unicode:=$UNICODE}
/etc/init.d/keymaps: if yesno $unicode; then
/etc/init.d/termencoding:: ${unicode:=${UNICODE}}
/etc/init.d/termencoding: if yesno ${unicode}; then
/etc/init.d/termencoding: if yesno ${unicode:-${UNICODE}}; then
/etc/init.d/termencoding: echo "" > "$RC_LIBEXECDIR"/console/unicode
/etc/init.d/termencoding: rm -f "$RC_LIBEXECDIR"/console/unicode |
I'll have a look into those later.
Thanks again. |
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