Unicode support in shell

[Rob Landley]

On Wednesday 26 October 2005 06:48, ahmad hassan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have finally found out that Suse linux 9.1 atleast displays the file i
> have in japanese correctly on the shell but i think it is using X server
> functionality. I did that by setting the locale to en_JP.shjis and relogin.
> As i told u i have my own built mini linux distro with busybox so what are
> the things needed to display CJK correctly.  I think i need some sort of
> terminal emulator or i can do without it.  I have framebuffer and vga mode
> support both in my kernel. How to do that i seriously need your help if you
> can help.
>
> Regards,
> Ahmad

1) Have you read the busybox FAQ?

2) Did you google for "linux framebuffer unicode" and find pages like this:
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/unicode.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_framebuffer
http://www.linux.com/howtos/Unicode-HOWTO-2.shtml

Rob