Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2012 09:52:39 -0500 From: Kurt Lidl <lidl@pix.net> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk, amvandemore@gmail.com Subject: Re: Graphical Terminal Environment Message-ID: <20120306145239.GD50393@pix.net> In-Reply-To: <4f5635d4.5Qp6ViEgiFLUuPKI%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <CAGSJxJ7yRZJydw7fNGyTnsykfsJf2Q0VzoFbKX-%2BSgNspiOhoA@mail.gmail.com> <4F55A0EA.8000300@gmail.com> <CAGSJxJ5BBPkrjwGFLomFvoj%2Bh_qaEmqT%2Bi6tVx__tBVf4yZDYg@mail.gmail.com> <CA%2BtpaK3Fp8m%2B0ccAjiAAKj_JJ1nQEYRBSwg_sYEPqOoWJgUfog@mail.gmail.com> <CAGSJxJ7i-fiNQieACQcKVd%2BvrKvL7eMiwHBq60rUKB=8i5vQiQ@mail.gmail.com> <4f5635d4.5Qp6ViEgiFLUuPKI%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On Tue, Mar 06, 2012 at 08:05:40AM -0800, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > Brandon Falk <bfalk_bsd@brandonfa.lk> wrote: > > > I havent tried tmux yet, but on my system im only able to get > > 80x40 with vidcontrol on one monitor. But with xterm in xorg > > i can get 319x89 per monitor ... > > To get higher resolution than what vidcontrol provides, you'll most > likely need to run the display in graphic mode (which is what X11 > does) rather than in text mode. That means that you will need to > either use, or reinvent, the lowest levels of X (display driver, > window mapping) and at least part of the xterm/rxvt application > (terminal emulation, font rasterizing, perhaps scrolling). You > could, however, eliminate the X practice of using the network to > connect the terminal emulator to the display; this would give you > an architecture resembling SunView (and its predecessor, SunTools). > > I _think_ SunTools/SunView were proprietary, although it's possible > that Sun released the source code at some point. You could try > doing some research with Google and/or the Internet Archive. I don't think they ever released that code. If you want re-use the lowest levels of the X11 drivers, you ought to check out the "Wayland" project. http://wayland.freedesktop.org -Kurt
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