From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Apr 29 05:03:56 1995 Return-Path: hackers-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id FAA23578 for hackers-outgoing; Sat, 29 Apr 1995 05:03:56 -0700 Received: from sequent.kiae.su (sequent.kiae.su [144.206.136.6]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id FAA23565 for ; Sat, 29 Apr 1995 05:03:49 -0700 Received: by sequent.kiae.su id AA27293 (5.65.kiae-2 ); Sat, 29 Apr 1995 15:59:54 +0400 Received: by sequent.KIAE.su (UUMAIL/2.0); Sat, 29 Apr 95 15:59:53 +0400 Received: (from ache@localhost) by astral.msk.su (8.6.8/8.6.6) id PAA01112; Sat, 29 Apr 1995 15:55:19 +0400 To: hackers@FreeBSD.org, Mike Pritchard Cc: S0ren Schmidt References: <199504282254.RAA03844@mpp.com> In-Reply-To: <199504282254.RAA03844@mpp.com>; from Mike Pritchard at Fri, 28 Apr 1995 17:54:07 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: Organization: Olahm Ha-Yetzirah Date: Sat, 29 Apr 1995 15:55:19 +0400 X-Mailer: Mail/@ [v2.32 FreeBSD] From: "Andrey A. Chernov, Black Mage" X-Class: Fast Subject: Re: Screen print capability Lines: 28 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 1449 Sender: hackers-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In message <199504282254.RAA03844@mpp.com> Mike Pritchard writes: >Is anyone else out there interested in seeing a screen print capability >added to FreeBSD? I've developed something that does this, and would >like to see it added to the system, but I thought I would ask for >additional input before submitting a final version. >I implemented a /dev/screen device with code adapted from subr_log.c >(/dev/klog). A daemon process (screend) sits and waits via select until >a print screen event is generated. This event is generated by any of >the combinations of the print_screen key that currently generate a NOP: >shift+print, alt+print, and so on. When the waiting process wakes up, >it will read the current screen contents (which can be something from >the history buffer if you scroll back and hit the print screen button >at that time). I think it should be implemented in another way. Arguments: We have almost-true SCO console (syscons). SCO console have escape to print out screen contents and ioctl to grab screen contents and Alt-PrintScreen works there. We need to ask Soren to implement this stuff in standard SCO compatible way. -- Andrey A. Chernov : And I rest so composedly, /Now, in my bed, ache@astral.msk.su : That any beholder /Might fancy me dead - FidoNet: 2:5020/230.3 : Might start at beholding me, /Thinking me dead. RELCOM Team,FreeBSD Team : E.A.Poe From "For Annie" 1849