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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-07-17 15:53:01 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2014-07-17 15:53:01 +0200
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services: Add 'console-font-service'.
* gnu/services/base.scm (unicode-start, console-font-service): New procedures. (%base-services): Call 'console-font-service' for TTY1 to TTY6. * gnu/system/install.scm (installation-services): Add comment about the console font. Call 'console-font-service' for TTY1 to TTY6.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/system')
-rw-r--r--gnu/system/install.scm12
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/system/install.scm b/gnu/system/install.scm
index b30c5577e4..3fbfaf6d77 100644
--- a/gnu/system/install.scm
+++ b/gnu/system/install.scm
@@ -63,7 +63,9 @@ You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.
#:motd motd
#:auto-login "root")
- ;; Documentation.
+ ;; Documentation. The manual is in UTF-8, but
+ ;; 'console-font-service' sets up Unicode support and loads a font
+ ;; with all the useful glyphs like em dash and quotation marks.
(mingetty-service "tty2"
#:motd motd
#:auto-login "guest"
@@ -86,6 +88,14 @@ You have been warned. Thanks for being so brave.
;; Start udev so that useful device nodes are available.
(udev-service)
+ ;; Install Unicode support and a suitable font.
+ (console-font-service "tty1")
+ (console-font-service "tty2")
+ (console-font-service "tty3")
+ (console-font-service "tty4")
+ (console-font-service "tty5")
+ (console-font-service "tty6")
+
(nscd-service))))
(define %issue