linux console + greek

[Vassilis Virvilis]

Geia xara,

Eimai kainourios stH lista kai O logos pou
grafTHka einai epeidH proseja ena mail gia ta
EllHnika stHn consola tou linux.

Prin apo 7-8 xronia loipon. Swsta milame gia to
1996 eixa perasei kai egw apo tHn dokimasia pou
periegrapse o grad0307 at di.uoa.gr (Katsaloulis   
Panayotis). Ta apotelesmata gia opoion
endiaferetai einai mia akomH ylopoiHsh tou
grconsole sto linux.

Ta features:

-To arxeio gr.map einai symboliko. Me ena aplo   
redefinition mporei kaneis na exei 437 gr
mappings h 928. Twra bebaia auto den metraei poly
alla tote to DOS ypHrxe kai htan ena thema... H
ypostHrijH gia to 437 htan mia hakia kai misH
dioti eprepe na kavw patch to loadkeys (tou
kbd-0.9.1, tote den ypHrxe consolechars)

-Den leipoun xrHsima keys opvw ^C, Alt-Tab, Alt-F
apo to ellHniko Keymap

-Allazei glwssa  me AltGr
# Winowz keys
# Alt+Tab       Increase Console (same as Alt ->)
# Alt+Shift+Tab Decrease Console (same as Alt <-)
# Control+Alt+Space Toggles keyboard (same as AltGr)

-Mazi dinontai 2 tablefiles 928to437 kai
437to928. Me ta tablefiles kai to mapscreen
mporouse kaneis:

   *Na fortwsei gr928 keymap kai 437 fonts
   (928to437). Me ayto to tropo mporouse kaneis
   na eixe ajioprepH fonts stHn kosola tou akoma
   kai se analyseis 80x50 (ta fonts einai 8x8)
   kai na douleuei kai na svzei th douleia sto
   neo tote standard (928, iso-8859-7)

   *Na kanei kai to anapodo an kai den xreaistHke
   pote.  Dhlasg 437 keyboard me 928 fonts. Opws 
   ua diapistwse opoios asxolHthke einai dyskolo 
   na breis kaneis kalo font 928 kai oxi 437.    

   Efaptomenika mias kai eimaste sto thema tvn
   fonts, nomizw oti to 737.cp (ola *.cp malista)
   pou erxetai me ta consoletools einai paranomo
   (den yparxei adeia).

   A kai gia na mh to ksexasw to arxeio
   iso07.f08.psf.gz htan apo tote xalasmeno.    

-ena aplo programma (convert) pou xrHsimopoiei ta
tables kai kanei conversion to keimeno.
Ejairetika xrHsimo gia th metafora DOS ellhnikwn
se LINUX/WINDOWS.

-Douleuei akoma me ta consoletools. Auto nomizw
einai to pio entypvsiako feature.

Osoi exete diabasei mexri edw exete logika thn  
ejHs aporia. Giati den ekana submit th douleia
mou auth ston kbd maintener tote?

Thn ekana. Opvws eipa gia na fortwthoun to 437
keyboard mapping htan aparaitHth mia hakia.
Ftiaxnontousan 2 arxeia to loadkeys pou oloi  
jeroume kai to grkeys. Telos pantwn auto den ton
entousiase kai nomizw dikaia, alla to 1996 ypHrxe
pragmatika h anagkh gia 437 keimena. Telws pantwn
ftaiw kai egw pou den epemeina, tote den hjera   
gia diff/patch kai ta loipa kai h idea na allajei
me oliko tropo (gloabbly) arxeia pou xwris auta  
den douleuei tipota sto linux den ton sygkinouse.

Sth synexeia to development gyrw apo to kbd
pethane o maintener den apantouse kai etsi 
gennHthHkan ta consoletools sta opoia to "patch"
mou tha eixe perissoteres elpides. Meta arxisan 
oi istories me ta UNICODE, to kbd synexise na  
einai telika ypotonikotato men alla energo. H
redhat uiothetHse ta consoletools enw oi alles  
distributions oxi. Twra to development gyrw apo
to consoletools exei stamatHsei enw o primary    
developer dHlwne sto TODO file oti skeftetai oi
epomenes version na xrhsimopoioun ta XKB files  
tou X window system. Milame gia rizikH allagH 
dHladH.

Telws pantwn se periptvsH pou kapoios
endiaferetai o kwdikas (poios kwdikas; ta arxeia
dhladh) einai diathesimos (20K). An yparxei
endiaferon den exw antirHsH na ton kanw post stH
lista katw apo opoiodHpote liscence.

     .Bill


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