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Re: iso08.f*.psf.gz, vim and consoletools



On Sun, 26 Mar 2000, Shaul Karl wrote:

> The vim Hebrew support has a bug because it   
> 	Does not support 7 bit terminals.  Only a terminal with complete
> 	Hebrew English font (without need to send escape sequences to switch
> 	between Hebrew and English) is supported.

this specific phrase refers to using real terminals (NOT emulations), such
as the old vt220 terminals - whose hebrew font support was done in 7 bit
mode. the idea was that instead of having seperate 'ascii' codes for the
hebrew chars, they used the same ascii codes of lower-case english letters
(i.e. 97 and up). in order to print a hebrew char on such a terminal, an
escape sequence was sent to it, ordering it to switch to an alternate
font. in this alternate font, hebrew chars were used in the specified
locations. when one wanted to send english chars again, a second escape
sequence was sent to the terminal, ordering it to switch back to the main
font.

as far as i know, supporting this emulation cannot be done using normal
console fonts (certainly not in an optimized manner). this requires some
higher-level support (e.g. by the terminal driver, or by the application
itself).

to cnclude - the fotns that come with the console will work properly for
you.

guy


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