Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2017 17:16:38 -0800 From: "J.B." <non.euc.geo.1854@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd-questions Digest, Vol 700, Issue 6 Message-ID: <977cc6e1-219b-8213-4790-1f28cbaebb67@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <mailman.71.1509796802.21669.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> References: <mailman.71.1509796802.21669.freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
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> > Message: 4 Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2017 10:44:04 -0700 From: "J.B." > <non.euc.geo.1854@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > Subject: VT_ALT_TO_ESC_HACK for sc (syscons) Message-ID: > <184bbd63-e635-1d52-19a6-3e9c1a414e40@gmail.com> Content-Type: > text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed FreeBSD 11.1-RELEASE is using > vt as the default console driver, and it contains a hack which maps an > ESC sequence to the Alt key on your keyboard. FreeBSD 10.3-RELEASE > uses sc as the default driver, and the Alt keys don't register a > keystroke for most cases. On vt, Alt-b, Alt-f, Alt-Backspace, etc., > behave as they do when logged in over SSH using a bash shell (with its > default emacs bindings): move the cursor backwards one word, forwards > one word, delete word to the right of the cursor, etc. How can that > effect be replicated on sc? I tried a new keymap using kbdcontrol, but > there's no way to map key combinations onto the alt-b, alt-f, alt-bs, > etc., sequences -- the mapfile only allows for single keystrokes. I > know I can set vt as the console driver on 10.3-RELEASE, but the font > in vt is so ugly I want to gouge other peoples' eyes out to save them > from the horrors of seeing it. Adjusting the screen resolution only > helped a tiny bit -- not enough to save peoples' eyes from my angry > fingers. Tried the sample fonts inside /usr/share/vt/fonts/ already. Nobody knows how to implement that hack or replicate its effect on sc? Then what about getting vt's display to look like sc?
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