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Date: Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:43:06 +0600
From: "Alexander E. Patrakov" <patrakov@ums.usu.ru>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] UTF-8 input: composing non-latin1 characters, and	copy-paste
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Alan Cox wrote:

> Basically I'd rather see us:
> - Expand the kbd code to support the full set of behaviour (within
> reason). It looks like the old behaviour can be expressed by keeping the
> old format and allowing a new format (or mapping the old to the new when
> the ioctl loads it)
> - Expand the kbd code to allow caps/shift mapping by loaded table
> - Store the true symbol not the glyph so we can cut/paste right
> - Do the render mapping of symbols when needed when we actually render
> 
> That also means we get the right results if you move a live console from
> text mode to graphical mode, or load different fonts and refresh.

Indeed. But I am not the one who originally wrote the patch. I only 
fixed a null-pointer dereference in the original patch, updated for a 
new kernel version, and resubmitted. For me, to do what you suggest, 
requires better understanding of the existing code. I will try, though, 
when I get better time.

-- 
Alexander E. Patrakov
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