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Use C.UTF-8 instead of C in console, and set the consolefont for it

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Xi Ruoyao 2024-01-29 01:47:41 +08:00
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chapter09/consoled.xml
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@ -74,6 +74,20 @@
</variablelist>
<para>We'll use <literal>C.UTF-8</literal> as the locale for interactive
sessions in the Linux console in <xref role='.'
linkend='ch-config-locale'/> The only console font shipped by
the <application>Kbd</application> package containing the glyphs for
all characters from the program messages in the <literal>C.UTF-8</literal>
locale is <filename>Lat2-Terminus16</filename> (the other shipped console
fonts lack glyphs of some characters like the Unicode left/right
quotation marks and the Unicode English dash). So set
<filename>Lat2-Terminus16</filename> as the default console font:</para>
<!-- We are using "nodump" for general settings, but not examples. This
is ironic, but needed for the compatibility with jhalfs! -->
<screen role='nodump'><userinput>echo <literal>FONT=Lat2-Terminus16</literal> &gt; /etc/vconsole.conf</userinput></screen>
<para>An example for a German keyboard and console is given below:</para>
<!-- This is what is used by jhalfs for creating the vconsole.conf file.
Whenever you want to change the following, please inform the jhalfs

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chapter09/locale.xml
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@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
determined to set the desired locale</phrase><phrase
revision='systemd'>to read the locale settings from
<filename>/etc/locale.conf</filename> and export them</phrase>,
but set the <literal>C</literal> locale instead if running in the Linux
but set the <literal>C.UTF-8</literal> locale instead if running in the Linux
console (to prevent programs from outputting characters that the Linux
console is unable to render):</para>
@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ for i in $(locale); do
done
if [[ "$TERM" = linux ]]; then
export LANG=C
export LANG=C.UTF-8
else
source /etc/locale.conf
@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ for i in $(locale); do
done
if [[ "$TERM" = linux ]]; then
export LANG=C
export LANG=C.UTF-8
else
export LANG=<replaceable>&lt;ll&gt;_&lt;CC&gt;.&lt;charmap&gt;&lt;@modifiers&gt;</replaceable>
fi

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chapter09/usage.xml
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@ -432,6 +432,35 @@ EOF</userinput></screen>
<para>Some examples:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
We'll use <literal>C.UTF-8</literal> as the locale for interactive
sessions in the Linux console in <xref role=','
linkend='ch-config-locale'/> so we should set
<literal>UNICODE</literal> to <literal>1</literal>. And the only
console font shipped by the <application>Kbd</application> package
containing the glyphs for all characters from the program messages
in the <literal>C.UTF-8</literal> locale is
<filename>Lat2-Terminus16</filename> (the other shipped console
fonts lack glyphs of some characters like the Unicode left/right
quotation marks and the Unicode English dash). So set
<filename>Lat2-Terminus16</filename> as the default console
font:
</para>
<!-- We are using 'nodump' for the generic setting, but not for an
example (see below). This is deliberate to keep the
compatibility with jhalfs. -->
<screen role='nodump'><userinput>cat &gt; /etc/sysconfig/console &lt;&lt; "EOF"
<literal># Begin /etc/sysconfig/console
UNICODE="1"
FONT="Lat2-Terminus16"
# End /etc/sysconfig/console</literal>
EOF</userinput></screen>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>For a non-Unicode setup, only the KEYMAP and FONT variables are