Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2009 18:22:43 +0100 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> Cc: Kostik Belousov <kostikbel@gmail.com>, svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r186731 - head/sys/dev/syscons/teken Message-ID: <20090105172243.GO14235@hoeg.nl> In-Reply-To: <20090105171523.GC50568@dragon.NUXI.org> References: <200901040020.n040KIcc041121@svn.freebsd.org> <20090104120434.GF93900@deviant.kiev.zoral.com.ua> <20090104121331.GC14235@hoeg.nl> <20090105171523.GC50568@dragon.NUXI.org>
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--Zz8eIV9MTSc31S3o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello David, * David O'Brien <obrien@freebsd.org> wrote: > Why xterm and not vt100? The reason I'm proposing xterm, is because it is the best supported terminal type out there. Example: if we would use TERM=3Dvt100, we would only get black & white. If we use TERM=3Dvt100-color, we do get the colors, but unfortunately we won't be compatible with other operating systems. Solaris, for example, has no termtype called vt100-color. This means the user has to change TERM by hand. TERM=3Dxterm has proven to be very portable across different operating systems and there are a lot of other pieces of software that try to mimic it. At least the Terminal application in OS X, GNOME's gnome-terminal, maybe KDE's Konsole as well. I hope that answers your question? --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --Zz8eIV9MTSc31S3o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkliQeMACgkQ52SDGA2eCwVogwCfURlPVXsPi3NwQx7frR81QLQ3 WNkAn3/5v6FfmNLpvv89KWBYCEgcz1Ej =9dbw -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --Zz8eIV9MTSc31S3o--
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