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From:
Mark Jamsek <mark@jamsek.com>
Subject:
Re: tog test harness
To:
Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>
Cc:
gameoftrees@openbsd.org
Date:
Fri, 21 Apr 2023 13:33:32 +1000

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On 23-04-20 09:29PM, Christian Weisgerber wrote:
> Mark Jamsek:
> 
> > I wouldn't like to take this approach. I think the ACS_* characters look
> > nicer than | and -, and I am far more often using tog in xterm where
> > acsc is supported. So of the two, I would prefer ?s in the console than
> > -| in xterm :)
> 
> BTW, I checked the wscons(4) code and it definitely supports the
> alternate graphics characters.  I think they may be simply missing
> from the default fonts.

Thanks for investigating and I think you're right!

If it didn't support acsc, I think we'd see x and q, but instead the
replacement ? character is drawn because the glyph is missing from the
font.

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