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Small correction: |
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On Monday 29 Jan 2007, I wrote: |
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> Until recently I was setting my consoles to use en_GB.ISO-8859-1, and a |
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> zero had a central dot; whereas, since I switched to en_GB.UTF-8 the dot |
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> has been replaced with a diagonal bar like a solidus. |
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That's not quite correct. In fact, the central dot belongs to lat9w-16 and |
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the diagonal bar belongs to default8x16. |
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> Possibly, another character set exists already that I could use instead of |
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> what I have, but the prospect of trying all those available |
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> under /usr/share/consolefonts fills me with dread. |
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I found that there aren't too many different types after all, and after |
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trying all the ones that look likely, I find they all have this artificial |
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device to distinguish 0 from O. |
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> In delightful contrast with the VCs, konsole uses a much clearer character |
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> set, but I can't use that on an X-less system. |
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That too is wrong - 0 and O look identical in konsole. |
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Sorry about the confusion. |
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Rgds |
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Peter |
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