Subject: Re: sysinst from arabic
To: kamel derouiche <derouiche_dz@yahoo.fr>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: tech-kern
Date: 04/04/2005 19:26:58
kamel derouiche <derouiche_dz@yahoo.fr> writes:
> is it possible to write sysinst for arabic version, is
> it  supported by the kernel !!!!

sysinst uses the console driver for user communication.  The NetBSD
standard console drivers do not currently have support for arabic
character sets, context dependent rendering, or right to left text. I
imagine such support could be added, but it would be a significant
effort.

Perry