According to Theo. Sean Schulze: While burning my CPU.
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> I've got a couple of questions that relate to the different character sets
> available under Linux. First of all, when configuring a kernel, the user
> is offered a number of choices for what character set(s) he wishes to have
> supported in the kernel. Is there any use to compiling in support for
> more than one character set, or is that just a waste of kernel size?
Yes it would be a waste of kernel size, however choose the "M" option and
compile them all as modules, that way you dont take up extra kernel size and
you get ALL the char sets.
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> My second question has to do with using different character sets. I
> occasionally have the need to write emails in German, and I would like to
> use the German characters (e.g., umlaut, double S). How do I use these
> characters in, oh let's say, pine and vi? Do I have to change the
> keyboard map while I am writing these messages, and then switch back to my
> standard US set up afterwards, or are there standard key combinations
> already included in most distributions that would solve this problem for
> me? Does using these characters have anything to do with compiling in
> support in the kernel, as mentioned in my first question?
A German user of linux would be able to answer this question far better than
i.
The part about support in the kernel is answerd above.
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> TIA,
> Sean
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> Theo. Sean Schulze
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Regards Richard.
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