Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:45:33 -0400 From: "Mike Adewole" <mike@voicenette.com> To: "Igor Pokrovsky" <ip@doom.homeunix.org> Cc: freebsd-libh@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Project BSDVISION Wants To Develop Native *BSD Console Desktop Message-ID: <000401c5a78d$535c4370$6501a8c0@newton> References: <BAYC1-PASMTP03339DBC6BEC658F85DA27C0B70@cez.ice> <20050821083920.4674.qmail@web52713.mail.yahoo.com> <20050821185825.GA702@doom.homeunix.org>
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From: "Igor Pokrovsky" To: Cc: "Mike Adewole" Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 2:58 PM Subject: Re: Project BSDVISION Wants To Develop Native *BSD Console Desktop > On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 01:39:20AM -0700, Kamal R. Prasad wrote: > > > It will be running on a virtual console in text or > > > graphics mode like > > > TurboVision used to, but we are focusing on text > > > mode for now. As I just > > > wrote to someone else, the main idea is to enable > > > BSD programs to have a > > > nice console (textual and graphical) interface with > > > and without any windows > > > system. So I could have a standalone program that > > > > Thst would be great to have and extend to a > > full-fledged GUI interface as X is overkill for lots > > of people. BTW -does it use drivers for graphics > > accelerator cards? > > Heh, what are you going to accelerate in text mode? 8-) > > -ip > > -- > Go where the money is. > "Console" includes text mode but does not necessarily exclude graphics mode. Haven't you seen turbovision running in graphics mode ? We may eventually have to deal with accelerator cards but that's a looong way off. Cheers, Mike
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