[smc-discuss] Terminal emulator that can display Malayalam

[Pirate Praveen]

2021, ഓഗസ്റ്റ് 4 7:51:20 PM IST, Julin S <julinshaji01 at gmail.com>ൽ എഴുതി
>> I ended up using a terminal emulator in the browser
>
>Thanks for telling about web-term. Looks like I can use that. It seems to be
>the closest thing that works at the moment. Till a traditional non-browser
>emulator gets it right.
>
>> Emacs terminal mode
>
>I searched online and found something [here][1] that can be obtained with `M-x
>term`. Is that it?  
Yes.

> Possibly a font issue, but even normal Malayalam characters
>were showing as weird Latin letters there (like 'ക.txt' being
>displayed as 'à´•.txt').

As I mentioned in my last mail, I tried it many years ago. Are you using a graphical emacs version? May be try emacs gtk front end.

>But even TUI programs work in this mode.
>
>> and shell mode
>
>Is it what we get with `M-x shell`? TUI programs wouldn't work in that mode.
>
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>[1]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Terminal-emulator.html
>[2]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Term-Mode.html
>[3]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Shell-Mode.html
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