From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Apr 1 13:35:39 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 98EB7E16 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:35:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carpeddiem@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oa0-f41.google.com (mail-oa0-f41.google.com [209.85.219.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AB9F643 for ; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 13:35:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-oa0-f41.google.com with SMTP id f4so2011024oah.0 for ; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:35:33 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=/iWDj0RlbJUh7A4soPdAbvZS1M2MqxASSyrvg7nHpr8=; b=c7esPtuByHjF3j1MefHBktkJ8TPTVbbjWs3UNEZOD7tpmP1Iyttc/u371r2RX0R/8X DNLt7qRmG3qctxJTXRMbqwGXbSu2an9Eiig1ZLdjSp+QKZNWK11Gip2PnVo1o8ZJ70O/ pU6IksjmRz76f3wZR+krTVm8xlZ6MM76BIQBjhy4QLeAnVGwvhlTzegEN0lD+L50ZPpE iwRxjPY3Axn6DO421/ySjA6jXZcZLvw7d15z3HbY7lQXnefbpeR/TacvtLDtK/YAxbUj P6QDu9mY6lAI9FOk6R70hjTSmFs1xtAH5+DdVKKMnvBi4Jojxj+81UjetULtpP/1k9nY 5Oxg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.60.28.2 with SMTP id x2mr4065190oeg.65.1364823333320; Mon, 01 Apr 2013 06:35:33 -0700 (PDT) Sender: carpeddiem@gmail.com Received: by 10.60.132.142 with HTTP; Mon, 1 Apr 2013 06:35:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 1 Apr 2013 09:35:33 -0400 X-Google-Sender-Auth: c4zzM0BEsLjCvK20gjg53aRKo8c Message-ID: Subject: Re: the Newcons Project From: Ed Maste To: "Sam Fourman Jr." Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Apr 2013 13:35:39 -0000 > I would VERY much be able to have a console that looked like this in FreeBSD > > http://wiki.gentoo.org/images/7/7c/Bootsplash.png > > ... > could someone with more understanding of this, be able to tell me if the > Newcons project (when completed) is even going to do what i'm looking for? I'm not really sure what you're looking for, but I suspect newcons is orthogonal to it. Newcons won't change what is displayed, only how it is done; the primary user-facing advantages are Unicode support and better use of graphics modes. There are also some (very important) lower level infrastructural changes. -Ed