Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 13:07:07 +0100 (CET) From: Didier Derny <didier@omnix.net> To: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> Cc: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk>, hm@hcs.de, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: future of syscons Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981228130551.333A-100000@idefix> In-Reply-To: <199812281042.SAA64604@spinner.netplex.com.au>
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it looks msdos in the old ages with all the problems linked to the direct access to the screen On Mon, 28 Dec 1998, Peter Wemm wrote: > Soren Schmidt wrote: > > It seems Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: > > > >From the keyboard of Kazutaka YOKOTA: > > > = > > > > > Not much has been designed or decided about terminal emulation code= > > > > > yet. I have just a vague idea that the terminal emulator code shal= > l > > > > write to the vty's internal buffer, rather than directly to the > > > > screen, and a timer routine will periodically render it to screen. > > > > = > > > > > Let's work together in designing this, shall we? > > > = > > > > Yes, i'd like to participate in this effort to be able to move the pc= > vt > > > functionality to this new design! > > = > > > Great, I'm very glad to hear that, and welcome in the comitter team !! > > Hey, this sounds rather interesting! :-) > > This sounds like a mini curses-like arrangement, except that there is no = > > need for cursor move optimization. > > What would make it really *really* interesting would be if it were = > > possible to mmap() the virtual buffer and draw directly into it from user= > = > > mode, thus bypassing terminal emulation altogether... > > Cheers, > -Peter > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Didier Derny | FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT Site Email: didier@omnix.net | Microsoft Free Computer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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