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By blo () bl@o.org on o.org/~bl
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My personal interest is Japanese support, which also exists in ports (thx ericj and ejovin). So far it looks like it's all for Xfree; but with the recent addition of wscons into the base - perhaps more locales may be supported at the console?
Definitely localization doesn't seem to be the main focus of OpenBSD at the moment, but I think with the help of the ports tree and gradual advances, such features will become more prevalent in the future.
By Marc Espie () espie@openbsd.org on mailto:espie@openbsd.org
I'd gather this will gain momentum after the switch to XFree 4, which will happen at some point.
Locale support is not easy, especially from a security point of view, as this is pervasive code that tends to depend on `trusted' environment variables.
Not making any promises, mind you. This probably won't happen before at least a few months yet.
By Isak Lyberth () ily@vejlehs.dk on mailto:ily@vejlehs.dk
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