Bug 4031

Summary:

new option for stty: iutf8

Product:

Sisyphus

Reporter:

Ivan Zakharyaschev <imz>

Component:

coreutils

Assignee:

placeholder <placeholder>

Status:

CLOSED FIXED

QA Contact:

qa-sisyphus

Severity:

normal

Priority:

CC:

glebfm, ldv, placeholder

Version:

unstable

Hardware:

all

OS:

Linux

URL:

http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2004-04/msg00021.html

Attachments:

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Description Ivan Zakharyaschev 2004-04-25 18:16:06 MSD

In linux 2.6.5 (mainstream) and in kernel-feat-drivers-console-unicode,
IUTF8 bit has been introduced to the terminal settigns. (It makes kernel line editing mode respect UTF-8 multibyte characters.)
stty should be able to modify this bit (by iutf8 option).

Both changes (to the kernel and to stty) were suggested by Bruno Haible: ftp://ftp.ilog.fr/pub/Users/haible/utf8/

Comment 1 Ivan Zakharyaschev 2004-04-25 18:20:28 MSD

Created attachment 395 [details]
I modified the spec file like this.

The problem is that the IUTF8 value should be defined in the kernel headers.
But the default kernel headers might not define it.
So, a solution is required that will use the "right" kernel headers (with
IUTF8) when coreutils is built.
Such right kernel headers are thos from 2.6.5 or patched.

Comment 2 Ivan Zakharyaschev 2004-04-25 18:23:36 MSD

Created attachment 396 [details]
I modified the spec file like this.

The patch to the source. The inclusion of the specific kernel headers is wrong.

Comment 3 Dmitry V. Levin 2004-04-25 18:28:11 MSD

I'm about to use the patch applied to coreutils cvs.

Comment 4 Dmitry V. Levin 2004-04-25 20:03:40 MSD

JFYI, the IUTF8 value is defined in fresh glibc headers.

Comment 5 Dmitry V. Levin 2004-04-25 20:31:04 MSD

Implemented in coreutils-5.2.1-alt4.
Requires glibc headers from glibc snapshot 2004-03-30 or later.