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I've been having a bit of trouble for some time with the characters |
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displayed on the virtual consoles (I blame genetics compounded by anno |
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domini). Specifically, a zero is always displayed with a device to |
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distinguish it from an O, even though the shapes of those characters differ |
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without the need of any artifice. |
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Until recently I was setting my consoles to use en_GB.ISO-8859-1, and a zero |
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had a central dot; whereas, since I switched to en_GB.UTF-8 the dot has |
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been replaced with a diagonal bar like a solidus. Not only do I think both |
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of these are unnecessary, they actually cause me confusion in that they |
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both make a zero look like an 8! Sometimes the resemblance is so compelling |
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that I'll happily use the wrong digit in bash commands and so on, so it's |
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not just a cosmetic problem. |
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My question is: where would I have to go to change the definition of a zero |
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character for display on a virtual console? I've looked in a few places but |
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nothing leaps out at me so far. Possibly, another character set exists |
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already that I could use instead of what I have, but the prospect of trying |
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all those available under /usr/share/consolefonts fills me with dread. |
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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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Rgds |
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Peter |
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