Re: Unicode console patch

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:34:17 -0800 (PST)

>
> Very brief summary:
> ISO 2022 describes the general setup of character sets,
> ISO 4873 says that the G0 part has to be ASCII,
> ISO 6429 describes the VT100-like escape sequences.
>

However, although ISO 4873 is a good thing to stick to as much as
possible, we shouldn't limit the console to it. The DEC VT graphics
set, for example, usually goes in G0.

-hpa

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