[fpc-devel] fpcsrc/rtl/unix/video.pp

[Marco van de Voort]

> Op Fri, 3 Nov 2006, schreef Marco van de Voort:
> 
> > > Op Fri, 3 Nov 2006, schreef Marco van de Voort:
> > > 
> > > > While ok in general, some older systems might still be in whatever the
> > > > vgafont specifies (iow dos CP437) on the console.
> > > 
> > > The Linux console always boots up in Latin-1 mode, with a code page 
> > > 437 loaded into the VGA. The console is another matter, which complicates 
> > > the situation even more.
> > > 
> > > What is the FreeBSD situation on the console?
> > 
> > One can choose a font during setup. The tool has a very slackware feel.
> > Afaik this font setting is totally separate from any other lang settings.
> 
> Does the FreeBSD console go straight to the font or does it do translation 
> like Linux?

One can load additional translation maps by hand. I don't know if this is
done by the default selection.