Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:22:12 +0300 From: "Vladimir A. Jakovenko" <vovik@ntu-kpi.kiev.ua> To: "Babkin, Serge" <sbabkin@dcn.att.com> Cc: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getty issue file Message-ID: <19980616222212.60788@NTU-KPI.Kiev.UA> In-Reply-To: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEFF8B29@dcn71.dcn.att.com>; from Babkin, Serge on Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 03:54:42PM -0400 References: <C50B6FBA632FD111AF0F0000C0AD71EEFF8B29@dcn71.dcn.att.com>
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On Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 03:54:42PM -0400, Babkin, Serge wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Vladimir A. Jakovenko [SMTP:vovik@ntu-kpi.kiev.ua] > > > > On Fri, Jun 12, 1998 at 09:57:36PM +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > > > Damn ... In my situation making a terminal to speak russian in getty > > is a good > > idea because I need russian motd banner message for librarians :-) > > > Huh ? Is not /etc/motd printed from /etc/profile ? You can put tset in > /etc/profile > before printing motd. motd(5) say: "The file /etc/motd is normally displayed by login(1) after a user has logged in but before the shell is run." Moreover, sometimes I nead also russian "im" message .... :-) > > > > > > > I prefer the tset method (for the obvious reasons). > > > > Terry, do you know any VT 240/420 terminals feature likes 'keymap' in > > the freebsd > > console code? With loadable fonts I can display russian, but sometimes > > I also > > need typing in russian, and at present I have only one solution -- run > > screen > > from ports and use the screen's feature 'bindkey'. > > > Oh, well, I remember SCO `mapchan' :-) If you implement this thing in > the > line discipline 0, I guess, it would be useful. :-) Vladimir Barmin has already implemented similar things in his "ttymap" patch, but this patch has never been commited :-( Personaly I prefer the screen 'bindkey' hack, because it's more system independed. > > By the way, why do you use these terminals ? Using old PCs is cheaper > and better, > and allows to use network connection over Ethernet which is yet cheaper > and better. Serge, we have a lot of DEC terminals (native DEC and some xUSSR clones), and most of them are very good for theirs job :-) For example DEC VT420 supports soft scrool, screen-refresh rate at 70Hz, line speed up to 38.4K, etc ... > > -Sergey Babkin -- Regards, Vladimir. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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