Re: [edk2-devel] [PATCH 1/1] OvmfPkg/PlatformBootManagerLib: use utf8 for the serial console.

["Gerd Hoffmann" <kraxel@redhat.com>]

On Wed, Mar 22, 2023 at 10:31:32AM -0600, Rebecca Cran wrote:
> On 3/22/23 10:20 AM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> > On Fri, 17 Mar 2023 at 13:19, Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com> wrote:
> > > Time to leave behind relics from the last century and arrive in the
> > > modern world.  Drop PC-ANSI Terminal Type for the serial console, use
> > > UTF-8 instead.
> > > 
> > > Signed-off-by: Gerd Hoffmann <kraxel@redhat.com>
> > No objections here but how will I be able to observe the difference?
> 
> I'm not sure if it's as simple as this or if it depends on the terminal,
> TERM setting etc.,

It does.  It depends on the locale the terminal application is
running in.  These days that is a utf-8 locale in 99% of the cases,
i.e. "de_DE.UTF-8" for me.

> but I saw a difference when I opened the UiApp and opened
> the drop-down "Select Language".
> 
> Before the patch, it showed "Fran?ais", and after, "Français".

Yes, essentially everything which is not ascii shows correct now,
including the line-drawing characters which you can see in alot
of places in UiApp on the serial console.

take care,
  Gerd