From owner-freebsd-current Fri Nov 6 13:19:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA04167 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 13:19:04 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA04161 for ; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 13:19:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA01041; Fri, 6 Nov 1998 13:17:06 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811062117.NAA01041@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Andrzej Bialecki cc: Mike Smith , freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ficl In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 06 Nov 1998 22:19:00 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 13:17:06 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > > > (As a side note: I recently act as a panic detector :-) /boot/loader with > > > Forth enabled dies on me after your recent changes). > > > > My recent changes? Which ones? > > Erhm... You're right, it was jkh... anyway, it screams and dies. Ok. He's awake, but I'll look at it as well. He did say there'd be more commits, so I was waiting to check it out. > > > I have a question concerning at-xy, cls, and perhaps get-xy words. They > > > are clearly arch dependent, so if I come to implementing them (I said: > > > "IF" ;-), where I should add them? And, is this so simple as > > > vidc_getchar() suggests? > > > > You should always use getchar() and putchar(), and assume a minimal ANSI > > terminal. vidc_putchar will have to become a minimal ANSI terminal > > emulator. > > ANSI.SYS or cons25 -compatible? This also means keeping some state inside > get/putchar() so that it recognizes esc sequences... *much* more minimal; I'd expect: - move cursor - standout on/off - clear screen It might be feasible to add a few more. Maintaining state's not all that difficult. 8) -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message