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- This is release 0.2.3 of the Linux console-tools.
-
- This release is a bugfix release for the 0.2.x series, and
- adds Italian, Danish, and Estonian messages.
- See ChangeLog for details.
-
- 0.2.0 was the first of a stable branch. The data files (keymaps,
- fonts and tables) formerly part of this package have been moved to a
- new console-data package.
-
- The 0.2.x branch will only get bug fixes and critically missing
- features - all development will be done on the still-to-come 0.3.x
- branch.
-
- PLEASE NOTE that this release has not yet support for the CP
- fontfile format back yet. It has been integrated in development
- version 0.3.0.
-
-
- Although it is now quite stable, this package is currently under
- development: use it at your own risks. However, it should already be
- a good replacement for `kbd', and you might like the features not
- found in the latter, but (as usual) you have NO WARANTY of any kind.
-
- Some interface-level features are still liable to change (program names,
- option names, etc.).
-
- Much work is needed to really get Unicode stuff usable. This will be
- one of my primary goals. It will probably imply hacking the kernel as
- well for some features, but the kernel-part is being thoroughly
- rewritten by the GGI project, so don't hold you breath...
-
-
- This package is based on `kbd-0.94', and is mostly up to date with
- 0.99, of which it corrects some bugs, and to which it adds several
- features (Message i18n, Screen-font-map fallback tables, 16-bit
- Application-Charset Maps (also called "console maps" or "screen
- maps"), can now output PSF files and use "-" to read/write most files
- to stdin/stdout, can make use of the G1 charset slot, etc.).
-
-
- Please send all bug reports, suggestions, or anything else to myself,
- (but take a look at the "TODO" file first), feedback will be greatly
- appreciated.
-
- Please get in touch with me before starting to modify this package, to
- prevent duplicated work - it's enough work to keep in sync with new
- kbd releases until we merge; as this code is expected to evolve quite
- rapidly, it would also be helpful that not too many persons work on
- the same pieces of code at the same time, to ease integration.
-
- Yann Dirson <dirson@debian.org>
-