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chapter09/consoled.xml

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-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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   <para>The <filename>/etc/vconsole.conf</filename> file should contain lines
-  of the form: VARIABLE="value". The following variables are recognized:</para>
+  of the form: <envar>VARIABLE=value</envar>. The following variables are recognized:</para>
 
   <variablelist>
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   </variablelist>
+
+  <para>We'll use <literal>C.UTF-8</literal> as the locale for interactive
+  sessions in the Linux console in <xref role='.'
+  linkend='ch-config-locale'/>  The console fonts shipped by
+  the <application>Kbd</application> package containing the glyphs for
+  all characters from the program messages in the <literal>C.UTF-8</literal>
+  locale are <filename>LatArCyrHeb*.psfu.gz</filename>,
+  <filename>LatGrkCyr*.psfu.gz</filename>,
+  <filename>Lat2-Terminus16.psfu.gz</filename>, and
+  <filename>pancyrillic.f16.psfu.gz</filename> in
+  <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/consolefonts</filename> (the other
+  shipped console fonts lack glyphs of some characters like the Unicode
+  left/right quotation marks and the Unicode English dash). So set one of
+  them, for example <filename>Lat2-Terminus16.psfu.gz</filename> as the
+  default console font:</para>
+
+  <!-- We are using "nodump" for general settings, but not examples.  This
+       is ironic, but needed for the compatibility with jhalfs!  -->
+<screen role='nodump'><userinput>echo <literal>FONT=Lat2-Terminus16</literal> &gt; /etc/vconsole.conf</userinput></screen>
 
   <para>An example for a German keyboard and console is given below:</para>