From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 21 07:33:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id HAA23770 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 07:33:07 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA23763 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 07:33:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA00255; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 16:32:25 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199806211432.QAA00255@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: PCVT's death In-Reply-To: from Hellmuth Michaelis at "Jun 21, 98 03:18:10 pm" To: hm@kts.org Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 16:32:25 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply to Hellmuth Michaelis who wrote: > Søren Schmidt wrote: > > > > > The problem with pcvt is that it is lacking further and further > > > > behind > > > > > > Behind what and where ?? > > > > Added functionality that our users expect us to have. > > So, you mean to upgrade to VT320. Nope. > > > Pcvt just works and thats it. > > > > With THAT attitude we really have no options, now do we ?? *sigh* > > Is there any reason to make a VT220 emulation more complete than complete ? > > I don't see the point, really. Try broadening your mind a bit then, and see what "the competition" offers. The console device is much more that just an emulator... Well I guess there is no point in argueing this, we will see what the future brings... -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message