Re: Why isn't console-cyrillic part of console-data?
Anton Zinoviev написав:
> На 26 юли 2004 Eugeniy Meshcheryakov написа:
>
>>Anton Zinoviev написав:
>>
>>>Another difference (that made console-cyrillyc the best choice for the
>>>Cyrillic languages) are the debconf questions during the installation.
>>>
>>
>>Oops, now there is no such question for Serbian, Russian and Ukrainian :-)
>
>
> Oops! I decided to try the installer with Russian language. Which one of
> the following scenarios you like more:
>
For machines with AT keyboard - first.
> RUSSIAN
> - console-cyrillic is configured with default settings during the
> first stage
> - it is activated during the base-config
No it is activated during boot. Termwrap also contains code that should
be remove after release (#250789)
> - it is deactivated afterwards
Same bug in termwrap.
> - after reboot it is activated permanently but not in the preferred
> for the user way (I troubled which key to use as Cyr/Lat switcher)
>
As I can see from termwrap it is preferred way (ctrl_shift_toggle).
> BULGARIAN
> - console-cyrillic is not configured during the first stage
Yes.
> - during base-config jbterm is active (although this might be
> console-tools like the Latin languages and Greek)
Termwrap has no settings for CP1251. See also #250789.
> - during base-config the Cyrillic task is automatically selected and
> console-cyrillic installed
cyrillic task contains console-cyrillic
> - the user configures the keyboard as he or she wishes
one more step (or maybe 4?) in install process ;-). And this can be not
so intuitive for new users.
> - after base-config jbterm and Cyrillic are deactivated
bug in termwrap
> - after reboot the user has customized Cyrillic on the console
>
>
>>By the way, what do you think about bug #260227?
>
>
> The quick fix can be:
> 1. d-i doesn't feed console-cyrillic with default configuration
> 2. console-cyrillic allows the user to choose "don't touch the
> keyboard"
>
Is it possible to configure console font automatically and ask for
keymap in second stage?
> The best fix is to add support for non-i386 in console-cyrillic. I can
> do this if there are testers.
>
This may be a problem for all supported architectures.
> By the way I observed the following bugs during second stage of the
> installer with Russian language:
>
> There was a message before the configuration of the base-system:
>
> cyr: Unknown option: -t
> cyr: Try `cyr --help for more information
>
> However for some unknown reason the Cyrillic setup worked. ;-)
>
This is known bug. Fixed in base-config.
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