From owner-svn-src-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 6 14:17:52 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org Received: by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix, from userid 1033) id 36A1E338; Sat, 6 Sep 2014 14:17:52 +0000 (UTC) Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 14:17:52 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev To: Aleksandr Rybalko Subject: Re: svn commit: r271023 - stable/10/sys/dev/vt Message-ID: <20140906141752.GA45915@FreeBSD.org> References: <201409031400.s83E0bK6049810@svn.freebsd.org> <20140903140757.GA7494@FreeBSD.org> <20140903145753.GA25935@FreeBSD.org> <54082B57.6070007@FreeBSD.org> <20140905163433.GA80322@FreeBSD.org> <20140906014859.1c31f3aac5c84605ec6155dc@ddteam.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20140906014859.1c31f3aac5c84605ec6155dc@ddteam.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.23 (2014-03-12) Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" , Ed Maste , svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" , svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org, =?koi8-r?Q?Jean-S=E9bastien_P=E9dron?= X-BeenThere: svn-src-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18-1 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for all the -stable branches of the src tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Sep 2014 14:17:52 -0000 On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 01:48:59AM +0300, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:34:34 +0000 > Alexey Dokuchaev wrote: > > For quite a while (since I started using vt(4)) I'm observing a rather > > annoying thing: sometimes small area of screen would get selected like if > > pressed mouse button or something. If I do a long build on the console, > > periodically, white rectangle (selected area) will suddenly pop up and > > scroll away. Is this a known thing? It can be very annoying for text > > editing on the console, as these sporadic "selects" are overwriting my > > selection buffer contents with whatever was on the screen at that time > > when they suddenly appear. (Rat itself it motionless while it happens.) > > Yeah, it is known. It is due different logic than in syscons(4). vt(4) save > not skected text, but position inside history buffer. > Return to old (well known syscons(4)) behaviour is in TODO. Noted. It would be nice if vt(4) also regained syscons(4) feature of buffer pasting with Shift-Ins (right now I have to press the middle mouse button to do it). If you could also allow scrolling with Shift-PgUp/PgDn (akin to xterm), not just via pressing ScrollLock first, it would make vt(4) even more awesome. ./danfe