From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 3 00:30:19 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id AAA11250 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 00:30:19 -0700 (PDT) Received: from scapa.cs.ualberta.ca (root@scapa.cs.ualberta.ca [129.128.4.44]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id AAA11244; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 00:30:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ve6kik by scapa.cs.ualberta.ca with UUCP id <13085-21630>; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 01:30:14 -0600 Received: by ve6kik.ampr.ab.ca (Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0uxo85-000O97C; Mon, 2 Sep 96 23:34 WET DST Received: from localhost (marcs@localhost) by alive.ampr.ab.ca (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id XAA00459; Mon, 2 Sep 1996 23:16:46 -0600 (MDT) Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1996 23:16:45 -0600 (MDT) From: Marc Slemko To: FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org Subject: interest in syscons cut&paste patches for 2.1.5? In-Reply-To: <199609030457.WAA00349@alive.ampr.ab.ca> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Would anyone be interested in patches to support the below functionality in 2.1.5? I have the first version of the patches (ie. the one that Soren released on 96/06/21) working locally on a 2.1.5 system; no real changes were required to make them fit 2.1.5, just some manual patching since there have been a number of changes to the syscons driver. I haven't gotten as far as bring them up to date on the improvements he has made to it after the initial commit; as long as the API changes don't cause problems on a 2.1.5 system, I should have my patches for 2.1.5 up to date sometime this week. If there is any interest in these patches, I will bundle them up sometime this week and put them up for ftp somewhere. > > Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1996 12:54:12 +0200 (MET DST) > From: sos@freebsd.org > To: current@freebsd.org (FreeBSD current) > Sender: owner-current@freebsd.org > Subject: Syscons CUT&PASTE functionality added... > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > I just put in the last bits to get CUT&PASTE to work in syscons. > This now allow one to C&P between the consoles using the mouse > to select the needed text. > For this to work, run the moused daemon with the prober parameters > specifying mousetype & port. Then on the console where this feature > is needed just say vidcontrol -m on, and a mousepointer will show > up on the screen. Left button cuts & right button paste. > I'd like to hear how this works out with different mousetypes and > especially with different display hardware. Please note this works > only on ega's and above, as the mousepointer is done by reprogramming > the charset, giving the illusion that a "real" graphic mousepointer > is used. > There still need to be implemented a prober eventhandling mechanism > but thats still on the drawingboard. When that is done, applications > can start using this feature as well (libdialog comes to mind)... > > Have fun... > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team > So much code to hack -- so little time. >