Hello All,
I've installed debian and been experimenting and it runs great. I've been able to build binkd/husky and Synchronet and they are running great.
One issue I have is the console font. When I log into the BBS I see a lot of diamonds on the screen in the ansi menus. When I log into the BBS from my desktop (running slackware) the BBS looks just as it should/always has.
One issue I have is the console font. When I log into the BBS I see a lot of diamonds on the screen in the ansi menus. When I log into the BBS from my desktop (running slackware) the BBS looks just as it should/always has.
One issue I have is the console font. When I log into the BBS I
see a lot of diamonds on the screen in the ansi menus. When I log
into the BBS from my desktop (running slackware) the BBS looks
just as it should/always has.
are you sure this is related to the font?
maybe a character set issue (LANG / LANGUAGE)? logging into which BBS
and how?
I don't know much about linux fonts, but I know Synchronet tries to
set fonts based on what terminal you use to connect. Maybe check out http://wiki.synchro.net/config:fonts.ini
I always connect to my local board with syncterm to avoid any issues.
maybe a character set issue (LANG / LANGUAGE)? logging into which
BBS and how?
I only have LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 set here as far as I can see.
It happens with my own or any BBS I log into on my debian (ubuntu also) box. I can log into my own or any BBS from my slackware box and it looks fine. What I see in debian is fine generally, it's only a problem with
the BBSs ansi menus.
It's related I think to the high ascii used in those menus, but I'm not sure why.
It's related I think to the high ascii used in those menus, but
I'm not sure why.
because they are invalid codes in UTF-8? (if it's really high ascii
and not CP437 chars in their unicode representation.)
because they are invalid codes in UTF-8? (if it's really high
ascii and not CP437 chars in their unicode representation.)
I'm not at all sure why that is the case. I last ran debian 5 or 6
years ago and didn't have any issues. ATM I'm running
slackware-current and all is well.
Hello Oli,
It's related I think to the high ascii used in those menus, but
I'm not sure why.
because they are invalid codes in UTF-8? (if it's really high ascii
and not CP437 chars in their unicode representation.)
I'm not at all sure why that is the case. I last ran debian 5 or 6 years ago and didn't have any issues. ATM I'm running slackware-current and all is well.
If you happen to use mc you may be able to see for yourself what I mean.
In mc press F9, then go to options, then appearance. If you select
featured do you see nice clean double lines or diamonds?
I've installed debian and been experimenting and it runs great. I've been ab
One issue I have is the console font. When I log into the BBS I see a lot of
I copied the default8x16.psfu.gz from my slackware box and loaded that font
So a question for debian folks, how do I get a better font in debian? I have
What font are you having success with and how did you install and set it up?
You have to run "unicode_stop" and maybe also "setfont -m cp437 -f default8x16" so the diamonds turn into the high-bit ASCII characters that old DOS BBSes used.
Re: Re: Debian and fonts
By: Xenos to Al on Sat Nov 14 2020 02:40 pm
You have to run "unicode_stop" and maybe also "setfont -m cp437 -f default8x16" so the diamonds turn into the high-bit ASCII characters th old DOS BBSes used.
This is the command I used in debian to load the default8x16 font and it is
it's not so bad.
Slackware uses the default8x16 font by default and I have no issues with any A>way. I wonder if I need a character map or translation table to go along wit
I never had that issue on debian before but I didn't have a utf8 terminal at A>ill missing.
I'm trying to figure out slackware's default console setup and see if I can
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