Date: 20 Feb 1999 18:32:32 +0100 From: naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de (Christian Weisgerber) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vt0 or sc0, what is your opinion? Message-ID: <7amrjg$clv$1@mips.rhein-neckar.de> References: <CA46FF404177D111A6B600609737B2B8E35EB2@exmail.co.napa.ca.us>
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Boune, Damian <DBoune@co.napa.ca.us> wrote:
> I am trying to decide which console driver to use on my new (and
> very much beloved) FreeBSD box.
Try them both and decide for yourself which one you like better.
> In the past I have always just left the default, sc0, as I don't know
> enough about the two to make a good decision.
PCVT (vt0):
+ Emulates a DEC VT220 about as well as possible on PC display
adapter hardware.
o Has some bizarre features like on-screen function key labels.
(Really a plus, if only anybody needed it.)
- Has a bizarre font architecture that serves the needs of a VT220
emulation very well but can't be expanded.
- Doesn't support moused(8).
- Won't see any further development, although it still does see some
active maintenance. In fact, it even had been axed from 3.0-CURRENT
for a couple of days, before much screaming and yelling brought it
back.
Syscons (sc0):
+ Actively developed.
+ Supports moused(8).
+ Has run-of-the-mill loadable fonts.
- Emulates a SCO ANSI console, which is quite pityful compared to a
VT220.
Basically, it boils down to whether you want a PC console or a
VT220-type console. No best-of-both-worlds, alas.
>From time to time there is talk on -current and -hackers about
modularizing syscons to provide the framework for pluggable emulations,
i.e. you could load syscons-sco, syscons-vt, etc, depending on your
needs and tastes. Unfortunately a lot of work still needs to be done to
make this viable, and I'm not sure whether anybody's working on it.
--
Christian "naddy" Weisgerber naddy@mips.rhein-neckar.de
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