From 1b7dc043fee520da99e545101bc5be69be1fb3cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gregory Heytings Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2022 12:53:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * etc/PROBLEMS: Recommend using fbterm in the Linux console. --- etc/PROBLEMS | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS index 6624f747c8..dbc7e90a06 100644 --- a/etc/PROBLEMS +++ b/etc/PROBLEMS @@ -2267,6 +2267,16 @@ term/xterm.el) for more details. *** Linux console problems with double-width characters +If possible, it is recommended to run, in a Linux console, Emacs +inside fbterm, with the following command line: + +fbterm -- emacs + +Most Unicode characters should then be displayed correctly. + +If that is not possible, the following may be useful to alleviate the +problem of displaying Unicode characters in a raw console. + The Linux console declares UTF-8 encoding, but supports only a limited number of Unicode characters, and can cause Emacs produce corrupted or garbled display with some unusual characters and sequences. Emacs 28 -- 2.35.1