CJK Characters in ttys


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    CJK Characters in ttys

    I would like to be able to display CJK and other multibyte characters in the ttys. If possible, i would like to be able to input chinese and japanese as well.

    Is there an easy way out just by setting the fonts to something else? Or do i need to have a kernel patch?

    I have no problems displaying and viewing CJK in X but i would like to be able to do so without X. Oh.. btw, what does tty stand for?

    Thanks
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    Well, TTY stands for "teletype", but I have no idea on the CJK stuff...

    To do it right, I'm guessing you'd need to turn on UTF-8 support on the TTYs, and also load the appropriate font. Input will be a whole different story, too. But last I heard (several months ago), there are still a few programs that have UTF-8 related bugs, and some of those bugs are fairly major. Might be worth a try, though, if "UTF-8" helps you find any helpful pages.

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    hmm.. did abit of searching and seems that there isnt a simple solution and lots of bugs reports...

    will keep searching and update here of any success
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