Re: console fonts and systemd (was ... Re: What can AppArmor do?)
On Sun, Jun 05, 2016 at 09:16:23AM -0500, David Wright wrote:
> And here's my observation. When you type real quotation marks (ie ‘’“”),
> the correct glyphs appear on the screen. After changing font, those
> glyphs turn into different glyphs, but freshly typed quotation marks
> appear with the correct glyphs.
>
> I have no idea why this happens, but it does mean that your statement
> above needs qualification. The glyphs that change to a sort of D shape
> with a squiggle on top, are these glyphs that were already on the
> screen before you changed choice, or are they fresh glyphs written afterwards?
They were fresh glyphs written afterwards. The glyps I got were dependant on the
setting I chose in the second screen (after choosing UTF from the first.) while
doing 'dpkg-reconfigure console-setup'.
I've now got it set to 'Guess optimal character set' which does do the quotes.
It was when choosing the other options i noticed the D shape with a squiggle on
top.
There is also setupcon (man setupcon) which may be of some interest.
Once I got the dlyphs showing correctly I didn't bother with the technicalities
any further --- although what the option 'Guess optimal character set' is actually
doing behind the scenes *may* be an option for further perusal.
--
The media's the most powerful entity on earth.
They have the power to make the innocent guilty
and to make the guilty innocent, and that's power.
-- Malcolm X
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