1 Unicode support
2 ===============
3
4 Last update: 2005-01-17, vers
5
6 Note: The original version of this document, w
7 lanana.org as part of the Linux Assigned Names
8 (LANANA) project, is no longer existent. So,
9 mainline Linux kernel is now the maintained ma
10
11 Introduction
12 ------------
13
14 The Linux kernel code has been rewritten to us
15 characters to fonts. By downloading a single
16 both the eight-bit character sets and UTF-8 mo
17 the font as indicated.
18
19 This changes the semantics of the eight-bit ch
20 The four character tables are now:
21
22 =============== ==============================
23 Map symbol Map name
24 =============== ==============================
25 LAT1_MAP Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1)
26 GRAF_MAP DEC VT100 pseudographics
27 IBMPC_MAP IBM code page 437
28 USER_MAP User defined
29 =============== ==============================
30
31 In particular, ESC ( U is no longer "straight
32 might be completely different than the IBM cha
33 permits for example the use of block graphics
34 loaded.
35
36 Note that although these codes are similar to
37 codes nor their uses match ISO 2022; Linux has
38 G1), whereas ISO 2022 has four 7-bit codes (G0
39
40 In accordance with the Unicode standard/ISO 10
41 U+F8FF has been reserved for OS-wide allocatio
42 refers to this as a "Corporate Zone", since th
43 Linux we call it the "Linux Zone"). U+F000 wa
44 point since it lets the direct-mapping area st
45 two (in case 1024- or 2048-character fonts eve
46 This leaves U+E000 to U+EFFF as End User Zone.
47
48 [v1.2]: The Unicodes range from U+F000 and up
49 hard-coded to map directly to the loaded font,
50 translation table. The user-defined map now d
51 U+F0FF, emulating the previous behaviour. In
52 might be shorter; for example, vgacon can only
53 (U+F000..U+F0FF) or 512-character (U+F000..U+F
54
55
56 Actual characters assigned in the Linux Zone
57 --------------------------------------------
58
59 In addition, the following characters not pres
60 have been defined; these are used by the DEC V
61 THIS USE IS OBSOLETE AND SHOULD NO LONGER BE U
62
63 ====== ======================================
64 U+F800 DEC VT GRAPHICS HORIZONTAL LINE SCAN 1
65 U+F801 DEC VT GRAPHICS HORIZONTAL LINE SCAN 3
66 U+F803 DEC VT GRAPHICS HORIZONTAL LINE SCAN 7
67 U+F804 DEC VT GRAPHICS HORIZONTAL LINE SCAN 9
68 ====== ======================================
69
70 The DEC VT220 uses a 6x10 character matrix, an
71 a smooth progression in the DEC VT graphics ch
72 omitted the scan 5 line, since it is also used
73 character, and hence has been coded as U+2500
74
75 [v1.3]: These characters have been officially
76 they are added at U+23BA, U+23BB, U+23BC, U+23
77 new values.
78
79 [v1.2]: The following characters have been add
80 keyboard symbols that are unlikely to ever be
81 since they are horribly vendor-specific. This
82 excellent example of horrible design.
83
84 ====== ======================================
85 U+F810 KEYBOARD SYMBOL FLYING FLAG
86 U+F811 KEYBOARD SYMBOL PULLDOWN MENU
87 U+F812 KEYBOARD SYMBOL OPEN APPLE
88 U+F813 KEYBOARD SYMBOL SOLID APPLE
89 ====== ======================================
90
91 Klingon language support
92 ------------------------
93
94 In 1996, Linux was the first operating system
95 support for the artificial language Klingon, c
96 for the "Star Trek" television series. This e
97 adopted by the ConScript Unicode Registry and
98 rejected) for inclusion in Unicode Plane 1. T
99 Linux/CSUR private assignment in the Linux Zon
100
101 This encoding has been endorsed by the Klingon
102 For more information, contact them at:
103
104 http://www.kli.org/
105
106 Since the characters in the beginning of the L
107 of the dingbats/symbols/forms type and this is
108 located it at the end, on a 16-cell boundary i
109 Unicode practice.
110
111 .. note::
112
113 This range is now officially managed by the
114 Registry. The normative reference is at:
115
116 https://www.evertype.com/standards/csu
117
118 Klingon has an alphabet of 26 characters, a po
119 system with 10 digits, and is written left-to-
120
121 Several glyph forms for the Klingon alphabet h
122 However, since the set of symbols appear to be
123 with only the actual shapes being different, i
124 Unicode practice these differences are conside
125
126 ====== ======================================
127 U+F8D0 KLINGON LETTER A
128 U+F8D1 KLINGON LETTER B
129 U+F8D2 KLINGON LETTER CH
130 U+F8D3 KLINGON LETTER D
131 U+F8D4 KLINGON LETTER E
132 U+F8D5 KLINGON LETTER GH
133 U+F8D6 KLINGON LETTER H
134 U+F8D7 KLINGON LETTER I
135 U+F8D8 KLINGON LETTER J
136 U+F8D9 KLINGON LETTER L
137 U+F8DA KLINGON LETTER M
138 U+F8DB KLINGON LETTER N
139 U+F8DC KLINGON LETTER NG
140 U+F8DD KLINGON LETTER O
141 U+F8DE KLINGON LETTER P
142 U+F8DF KLINGON LETTER Q
143 - Written <q> in standard Okrand Latin
144 U+F8E0 KLINGON LETTER QH
145 - Written <Q> in standard Okrand Latin
146 U+F8E1 KLINGON LETTER R
147 U+F8E2 KLINGON LETTER S
148 U+F8E3 KLINGON LETTER T
149 U+F8E4 KLINGON LETTER TLH
150 U+F8E5 KLINGON LETTER U
151 U+F8E6 KLINGON LETTER V
152 U+F8E7 KLINGON LETTER W
153 U+F8E8 KLINGON LETTER Y
154 U+F8E9 KLINGON LETTER GLOTTAL STOP
155
156 U+F8F0 KLINGON DIGIT ZERO
157 U+F8F1 KLINGON DIGIT ONE
158 U+F8F2 KLINGON DIGIT TWO
159 U+F8F3 KLINGON DIGIT THREE
160 U+F8F4 KLINGON DIGIT FOUR
161 U+F8F5 KLINGON DIGIT FIVE
162 U+F8F6 KLINGON DIGIT SIX
163 U+F8F7 KLINGON DIGIT SEVEN
164 U+F8F8 KLINGON DIGIT EIGHT
165 U+F8F9 KLINGON DIGIT NINE
166
167 U+F8FD KLINGON COMMA
168 U+F8FE KLINGON FULL STOP
169 U+F8FF KLINGON SYMBOL FOR EMPIRE
170 ====== ======================================
171
172 Other Fictional and Artificial Scripts
173 --------------------------------------
174
175 Since the assignment of the Klingon Linux Unic
176 fictional and artificial scripts has been esta
177 <jcowan@reutershealth.com> and Michael Everson
178 The ConScript Unicode Registry is accessible a
179
180 https://www.evertype.com/standards/c
181
182 The ranges used fall at the low end of the End
183 not be normatively assigned, but it is recomme
184 wish to encode fictional scripts use these cod
185 interoperability. For Klingon, CSUR has adopt
186 The CSUR people are driving adding Tengwar and
187 Plane 1; the addition of Klingon to Unicode Pl
188 and so the above encoding remains official.
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