From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 3 01:01:39 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id BAA12350 for hackers-outgoing; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 01:01:39 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ra.dkuug.dk (ra.dkuug.dk [193.88.44.193]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id BAA12341; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 01:01:35 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from sos@localhost) by ra.dkuug.dk (8.6.12/8.6.12) id KAA05704; Tue, 3 Sep 1996 10:01:29 +0200 Message-Id: <199609030801.KAA05704@ra.dkuug.dk> Subject: Re: interest in syscons cut&paste patches for 2.1.5? To: marcs@alive.ampr.ab.ca (Marc Slemko) Date: Tue, 3 Sep 1996 10:01:29 +0200 (MET DST) Cc: FreeBSD-stable@FreeBSD.org, FreeBSD-hackers@FreeBSD.org In-Reply-To: from "Marc Slemko" at Sep 2, 96 11:16:45 pm From: sos@FreeBSD.org Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL24] Content-Type: text Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In reply to Marc Slemko who wrote: Be sure to get the latest changes in there too, it should be a couble of easy cvs commands to do this... Also remeber to get moused along... > > 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. > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team So much code to hack -- so little time.