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From: "pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)" <pelzflorian@pelzflorian.de>
To: Mathieu Othacehe <m.othacehe@gmail.com>
Cc: Guix-devel <guix-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: KMScon vs. AMD Radeon
Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2019 09:34:31 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190403073431.76lde6q4g6yh4bhm@pelzflorian.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87v9zvimje.fsf@gmail.com>

On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 09:19:01AM +0200, Mathieu Othacehe wrote:
> 
> Hello Florian,
> 
> > Not using KMScon would prevent support for the Chinese and Japanese
> > language during install, would it not?
> 
> Yes and for other languages too.
> 

Other languages could work with a console font appropriate for the
language, I think.  Only a limited number of characters can be
supported, but the limited number is sufficient for other languages
once the appropriate subset of characters is selected.  Nevertheless
Chinese characters are important and too many.




> > Currently there is no support because
> >
> > · the Chinese and Japanese locales are not added to the installer, it
> >   only includes glibc-utf8-locales,
> >
> > · there is no translated PO file for the installer yet anyway,
> >
> > but otherwise it would work, would it not?
> 
> Yes, I tried to add Japanese translations into an existing PO and it
> worked fine with the installer.
> 
> >
> > However, this means in particular that
> >
> > · when using KMScon, the installer should change the locale that gets
> >   used once it is selected,
> 
> It's done :)
> 
> >
> > · when using mingetty, the locale should only be changed for languages
> >   other than Chinese and Japanese,
> 
> When using mingetty, the logic with the patch you tested is to fallback
> to a raw terminal and force a "manual" install.
> 
> >
> > · the console font should be changed to match the locale similar to
> >   console-setup on Debian.
> 
> The installer uses GNU Unifont so that most unicode characters are
> covered.
> 
> Mathieu

OK, thank you!

  reply	other threads:[~2019-04-03  7:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 132+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-03-13 15:17 Status update on 1.0 Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-13 15:32 ` Tobias Geerinckx-Rice
2019-03-13 16:00   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-03-13 18:33     ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-03-13 18:47       ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-03-15 12:54         ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-15 13:06           ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-03-15 16:48           ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-03-14  2:26       ` Maxim Cournoyer
2019-03-15 12:53   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-13 16:34 ` mikadoZero
2019-03-13 17:08   ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-03-13 18:14     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-03-13 19:43       ` L p R n d n
2019-03-14 13:54       ` L p R n d n
2019-03-15 12:57       ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-15 13:56         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-03-13 20:53     ` mikadoZero
2019-03-14  3:54 ` Timothy Sample
2019-03-15 13:47   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-15 17:44     ` Timothy Sample
2019-03-23 16:36       ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-21 18:49     ` Timothy Sample
2019-03-23 16:42       ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-28  3:28         ` Timothy Sample
2019-03-14 21:16 ` Gábor Boskovits
2019-03-15 13:51   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-15 18:31     ` Thompson, David
2019-03-15 19:20       ` Gábor Boskovits
     [not found]         ` <CAN1Dt4SQzXJOK2bJF47cFO5ERg9=uf8wktH=arJ=AypEUnO2yw@mail.gmail.com>
2019-03-21  0:52           ` Fwd: " Kristofer Buffington
2019-03-21 14:59             ` Gábor Boskovits
2019-03-27 15:26 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-27 15:29   ` znavko
2019-03-27 23:10   ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-03-29 16:07     ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-28  0:09   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-03-29 16:13     ` KMScon vs. AMD Radeon Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-29 16:35       ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-03-29 18:00         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-03-30  7:25           ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-03-30  8:40             ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-03-30 15:22               ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-01 13:58                 ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-04-01 20:01                   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-02  7:53                     ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-04-02 16:31                       ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-03  5:11                         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-03  7:19                           ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-04-03  7:34                             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz) [this message]
2019-04-03 11:13                             ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-03 20:46                               ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-03  7:37                         ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-04-03 11:19                           ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-03 18:56                             ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-03 20:48                               ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-03 21:02                                 ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-04  5:02                                   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-04  7:38                                     ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-04-04 13:49                                       ` Mathieu Othacehe
2019-04-04 16:07                                         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-06  9:05                                           ` Danny Milosavljevic
2019-04-06 11:03                                             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-14  9:48                                           ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-14 20:54                                             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-15 12:09                                               ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-17 17:26                                                 ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-18  7:05                                                   ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-19 12:19                                                     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-18 21:47                                                   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-19 12:17                                                     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-19 15:17                                                       ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-19 17:11                                                         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-20  8:59                                                           ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-20  9:47                                                           ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-20 10:10                                                             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-20 10:16                                                             ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-20 10:39                                                               ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-20 11:21                                                                 ` Félicien Pillot
2019-04-20 12:30                                                                   ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-20 12:37                                                                     ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-21 19:57                                                                       ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-22  8:46                                                                         ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-22 11:48                                                                       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-22 18:34                                                                         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-26  8:35                                                             ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-02  9:26                     ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-02 11:42                       ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-03  4:17                         ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-03  9:17                           ` pelzflorian (Florian Pelz)
2019-04-03  9:00                     ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-07 16:10     ` Installer & locales Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-07 16:12     ` Installer & services Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-08  9:26       ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-01 19:34   ` Status update on 1.0 mikadoZero
2019-04-02  8:05     ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-28 13:46 ` Marius Bakke
2019-03-29 16:11   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-03-29 18:56     ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-03-31 20:52       ` ‘staging’ and GNOME updates Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-01 17:16         ` Efraim Flashner
2019-04-01 19:36           ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-10 16:53         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-10 21:13           ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-10 21:13           ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-11 19:33             ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-13 17:46               ` Timothy Sample
2019-04-13 18:07                 ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-15 12:13                   ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-15 12:34               ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-15 21:55                 ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-15 22:33                   ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-16  4:59                     ` Timothy Sample
2019-04-16  9:31                       ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-16 20:14                       ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-22 10:15                         ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-23  7:17                           ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-23  7:20                             ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-23 10:28                             ` Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-23 18:18                               ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-24  4:10                                 ` Timothy Sample
2019-04-24  6:54                                   ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-24 19:19                                     ` Timothy Sample
2019-04-25 12:57                                       ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-25 15:33                                       ` Giovanni Biscuolo
2019-04-10 13:41       ` Status update on 1.0 Jonathan Brielmaier
2019-04-10 16:56         ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-10 17:57           ` Jonathan Brielmaier
2019-04-10 19:05             ` Ricardo Wurmus
2019-04-17 12:49 ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-17 13:38   ` TeX Live Ludovic Courtès
2019-04-17 14:04     ` Pierre Neidhardt
2019-04-18 14:39       ` Ricardo Wurmus

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