> setfont koi8-8x16 -u koi8.uni
> loadkeys koi8-utf
>
> and if I type 'kbd_mode -u' my keyboard generate UTF-8 2-bytes
> sequences for each russian letter, but if I set 'kbd_mode -a'
> keyboard generate koi-8 codes for russian letters except of
> UTF without reloading keymap by loadkeys.
>
> Is this usefull enough to be included to official
> kernel ?
It adds a good amount of flexibility, maybe we can even
extend it to transparent support for dvorak keyboards
(incl. sysrq and stuff) or other nice things.
I'm not a console guru however, so I suspect there might
be something wrong with my reasoning :)
cheers,
Rik -- the flu hits, the flu hits, the flu hits -- MORE
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