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CHARSET
!!!CHARSET
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
BUGS
SEE ALSO
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!!NAME


charset - Set an ACM for use in one of the G0/G1 charset slots.
!!SYNOPSIS


__charset [[__''-v''__]__ ''G0''__|__''G1''
__[[__''cp437''__|__''iso01''__|__''vt100''__|__''user''__|__''''__]__
!!DESCRIPTION


The linux console has 2 slots for charsets, labeled
''G0'' and ''G1''. __charset__ changes the slot in
use by the current VT to either ''G0'' or ''G1'', and
fills the slot either with one of the 3 predefined ACMs
(''cp437'', ''iso01'', ''vt100'') or with a
user-defined ACM.


You can ask for the current user-defined ACM by specifying
''user'', or ask a new ACM to be loaded from a file into
the user slot, by specifying a filename.


You will note that, although each VT has its own slot
settings, there is only one user-defined ACM for all the
VTs. That is, whereas you can have tty1 using
''G0=cp437'' and ''G1=vt100'', at the same time as
tty2 using ''G0=iso01'' and ''G1=iso02''
(user-defined), you __cannot__ have at the same time tty1
using ''iso02'' and tty2 using ''iso03''. This is a
limitation of the linux kernel.


Note that you can emulate such a setting using the
filterm(1) utility, with your console in UTF8-mode,
by telling __filterm__ to translate screen output
on-the-fly to UTF8.


You'll find filterm(1) in the konwert(1)
package, by Marcin Kowalczyk, which is available from
''http://qrczak.home.ml.org/''.
!!OPTIONS


''-v''


be verbose. __charset__ will then print what it does as
it does it.
!!BUGS


__charset__ cannot determine which of the 2 slots is in
use at a given time, so you have to tell him which one you
want, even if you don't want to change to the other one.
This is a limitation of the console driver.
!!SEE ALSO


consolechars(8), unicode_start(1),
filterm(1).
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