On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:31:32AM -0600, Rebecca Cran wrote: > On 3/22/23 10:20 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote: > > On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 13:19, Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > Time to leave behind relics from the last century and arrive in the > > > modern world. Drop PC-ANSI Terminal Type for the serial console, use > > > UTF-8 instead. > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kra...@redhat.com> > > No objections here but how will I be able to observe the difference? > > I'm not sure if it's as simple as this or if it depends on the terminal, > TERM setting etc.,
It does. It depends on the locale the terminal application is running in. These days that is a utf-8 locale in 99% of the cases, i.e. "de_DE.UTF-8" for me. > but I saw a difference when I opened the UiApp and opened > the drop-down "Select Language". > > Before the patch, it showed "Fran?ais", and after, "Français". Yes, essentially everything which is not ascii shows correct now, including the line-drawing characters which you can see in alot of places in UiApp on the serial console. take care, Gerd -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#101650): https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/message/101650 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/97671520/21656 Group Owner: devel+ow...@edk2.groups.io Unsubscribe: https://edk2.groups.io/g/devel/unsub [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
