From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 005EEC5CFC1 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:00:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B167E20652 for ; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 14:00:01 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org B167E20652 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=mielke.cc Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966478AbeFSN77 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:59:59 -0400 Received: from nimbus1.mmprivatehosting.com ([54.208.90.49]:54092 "EHLO nimbus1.mmprivatehosting.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966111AbeFSN76 (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:59:58 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 461 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:59:58 EDT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by nimbus1.mmprivatehosting.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9472860028; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:52:16 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mmprivatehosting.com Received: from dave.mielke.cc (CPEc8be196b689f-CMac202ebc50a0.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com [174.115.138.203]) (Authenticated sender: relay@dave.mielke.cc) by nimbus1.mmprivatehosting.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 13:52:15 +0000 (UTC) Received: from beta.private.mielke.cc (beta.private.mielke.cc [192.168.0.2]) by dave.mielke.cc (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 726794A0; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:52:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from beta.private.mielke.cc (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by beta.private.mielke.cc (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w5JDqFeL003308; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:52:15 -0400 Received: (from dave@localhost) by beta.private.mielke.cc (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id w5JDqDde003306; Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:52:13 -0400 Date: Tue, 19 Jun 2018 09:52:13 -0400 From: Dave Mielke To: Adam Borowski Cc: Nicolas Pitre , Greg Kroah-Hartman , Samuel Thibault , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/4] have the vt console preserve unicode characters Message-ID: <20180619135213.GB2563@beta.private.mielke.cc> References: <20180617190706.14614-1-nicolas.pitre@linaro.org> <20180619130953.bxil552igfkckjmr@angband.pl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20180619130953.bxil552igfkckjmr@angband.pl> User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.0 (2018-05-17) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org [quoted lines by Adam Borowski on 2018/06/19 at 15:09 +0200] >You're thinking small. That 256 possible values for Braille are easily >encodable within the 512-glyph space (256 char + stolen fg brightness bit, >another CGA peculiarity). Not at all. We braille users, especially when working with languages other than English, need more than 256 non-braille characters. Even for those who can live with just 256 non-braille characters, it's still a major pain having to come up with a usable braille-capable font for every needed 256 non-braille characters set. I can assure you, as an actual braille user, that the limitation has been a very long-standing problem and it's a great relief that it's finally been resolved. -- I believe the Bible to be the very Word of God: http://Mielke.cc/bible/ Dave Mielke | 2213 Fox Crescent | WebHome: http://Mielke.cc/ EMail: Dave@Mielke.cc | Ottawa, Ontario | Twitter: @Dave_Mielke Phone: +1 613 726 0014 | Canada K2A 1H7 |