[smc-discuss] Incorrect display of Malayalam in Terminal (Ubuntu 10.04)

[Rajeesh K Nambiar]

On Sat, Jan 8, 2011 at 5:45 AM, Praveen A <pravi.a at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2011/1/7 Rajeesh K Nambiar <rajeeshknambiar at gmail.com>:
>> There were multiple attempts to add this functionality in kernel
>> space. Adding a full rendering engine in the tty driver is not a good
>> idea IMHO; and is never going to be accepted, Alan Cox among others
>> have clearly asserted it. Those should be done at the user-space, just
>> like it is being attempted now.
>
> Why is it not a good idea?

Because kernel driver/kernel space is *not* the right place for a
rendering engine.

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Rajeesh
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