other versions
- wheezy 1:0.2.3dbs-70
other languages
VT-IS-UTF8(1) | Linux User's Manual | VT-IS-UTF8(1) |
NAME¶
vt-is-UTF8 - check whether current VT is in UTF8- or byte-mode.SYNOPSIS¶
vt-is-UTF8 [-h|--help] [-V|--version] [-q|--quiet]DESCRIPTION¶
vt-is-UTF8 checks whether the current VT is in UTF8 mode, by writing (and erasing afterwards) a 3-byte-long UTF8 sequence, and looking how much chars where displayed by the console driver.OPTIONS¶
- -h --help
- display version number, a short help message and exit.
- -V --version
- display version number and exit.
- -q --quiet
- do not print on stdout in with mode we are, but return the
state as exit-status 1 if in UTF8-mode, 0 if in byte-mode. In case of
error, 0 is returned and a message is displayed on stderr.
BUGS¶
The check should be done by directly asking the kernel, which is not possible as of kernels 2.0.x.SEE ALSO¶
unicode_start(1), unicode_stop(1).10 Aug 1998 | Console tools |