From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Jun 16 12:26:05 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA05534 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:26:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (ntu-kpi.kiev.ua [195.178.136.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id MAA05401 for ; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 12:25:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vovik@ntu-kpi.kiev.ua) Received: (from vovik@localhost) by ntu-kpi.kiev.ua (8.8.8/8.7.3) id WAA11629; Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:22:13 +0300 (EEST) Message-ID: <19980616222212.60788@NTU-KPI.Kiev.UA> Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1998 22:22:12 +0300 From: "Vladimir A. Jakovenko" To: "Babkin, Serge" Cc: Terry Lambert , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: getty issue file References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: ; from Babkin, Serge on Mon, Jun 15, 1998 at 03:54:42PM -0400 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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