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On Sunday, 1 January 2023 15:13:02 GMT Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> > > $ file /lib/rc/console/font |
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> > > /lib/rc/console/font: Linux/i386 PC Screen Font v2 data, 256 characters, |
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> > > Unicode directory, 22x11 |
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> > > I use consolefont="ter-122n" from the terminus-font package. It's a long |
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> > > time since I was able to read a high-resolution screen in its native |
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> > > resolution. |
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> That's a nice font. I could get used to it if I wasn't so attached to |
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> the 8x16 font. |
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[OT] |
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Yes, I like it. I'd like it even better if I could redefine the zero character |
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without the central dot (which I believe is an American affectation) because |
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the central dot makes the 0 resemble an 8 too closely. Instead I'd change the |
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outline shape. Then Os and 0s would more resemble their usual printed and GUI |
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forms. I know this wouldn't be possible on smaller sizes, but it should be |
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possible at 11x22. |
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In fact I did try doing that once with a font editor, but it couldn't handle |
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the whole font set properly. Perhaps I should look into it again. |
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[/OT] |
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> The included patch is still imperfect. When booting in 11x22, it doesn't |
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> handle the early boot messages at all well. Also, I'm a little confused |
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> by what a low-level scroll function is meant to do - sometimes, scrolling |
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> happens when you type a CR, and want a line on the screen to be space |
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> filled. Other times, you type <shift><PgUp> and don't want any space |
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> filling to happen. So I'm not convinced that scrolling, invoked by, say, |
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> an editor program, will work correctly. |
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Just a quick test shows it to work here. If I find anything I'll raise a flag. |
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Many thanks again, Alan. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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