Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 22:48:11 +0200 From: Thomas Zenker <thz@tuebingen.netsurf.de> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCVT's death Message-ID: <19980622224811.65203@tuebingen.netsurf.de> In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3C199806212054=2EWAA00892=40sos=2Efreebsd=2Edk=3E=3B_fro?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?m_S=F8ren_Schmidt_on_Sun=2C_Jun_21=2C_1998_at_10=3A54=3A1?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?1PM_%2B0200?= References: <lwemwitxsk.fsf@terror.hungry.com> <199806212054.WAA00892@sos.freebsd.dk>
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On Sun, Jun 21, 1998 at 10:54:11PM +0200, Søren Schmidt wrote: > In reply to Faried Nawaz who wrote: > > sos@FreeBSD.ORG (Sxren Schmidt) writes: > > > > 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... > > > > It would help if you enumerated what syscons offers now and will offer in > > the (near) future. > > On top of my head there is (in no particular order): > > Generalized mouse support (done). > Cut&paste on text screens (done). > Accent keys (dead keys) (done). > Bitmap display (partly done, 800x600 display on VESA cards). > Simple graphics primitive library. > > To come: > VESA modes (text & graphics). > Multi-head consoles. > Emulator & ioctl as modules (ie very small X only console, or vt100 emu). > Simple GUI library. > USB keyboard support. > This is all nice for a play station, but for "real work" we need a good really working vt100 emulation. FreeBSD is getting too fat anyway. Thomas Zenker To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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