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Date:      Sun, 10 Jun 2001 02:00:13 +0200 (CEST)
From:      Robert Drehmel <robert@zoot.quizbot.org>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   docs/28000: adding and changing information in vidcontrol(1)
Message-ID:  <200106100000.f5A00DG02220@zoot.quizbot.org>

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>Number:         28000
>Category:       docs
>Synopsis:       adding and changing information in vidcontrol(1)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    freebsd-doc
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          change-request
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jun 09 17:10:01 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Robert Drehmel
>Release:        FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

System: FreeBSD zoot.quizbot.org 5.0-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.0-CURRENT #3: Sat Jun 9 01:27:13 CEST 2001 root@zoot:/data/sys/compile/ZOOT i386

>Description:

This patch adds and corrects some information in the vidcontrol(1) manual
page.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix:

Index: vidcontrol.1
===================================================================
RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol/vidcontrol.1,v
retrieving revision 1.39
diff -r1.39 vidcontrol.1
291c291
< PC video memory is typically arranged in two byte tuples,
---
> VGA video memory is typically arranged in two byte tuples,
293,300c293,311
< In each tuple, the first byte
< will be the character code, and the second byte is the
< character's color attribute.
< .Pp
< The color attribute byte is further broken down in to the
< low nibble, which specifies which of 16 different foreground
< colors is active, and the high nibble, which specifies which
< of 16 different background colors is active.
---
> In each tuple, the first byte will be the character code,
> and the second byte is the character's color attribute.
> .Pp
> The syscons driver converts the ^[[Nm terminal escapes
> into the corresponding attribute bytes.
> .Pp
> The VGA color attribute byte looks like this:
> .Pp
> .Bl -column "X:X" "<00000000>" "width" "bright foreground color"
> .Sy bits# Ta Ta Sy width Ta Sy meaning
> .Li 7   Ta <X0000000> Ta 1 Ta character blinking
> .Li 6:4 Ta <0XXX0000> Ta 3 Ta background color
> .Li 3   Ta <0000X000> Ta 1 Ta bright foreground color
> .Li 2:0 Ta <00000XXX> Ta 3 Ta foreground color
> .El
> .Pp
> Here is a list of the three bit wide base colors with
> their corresponding ANSI terminal escape codes
> parenthesized (add 10 to get the background code):
304c315
< Black
---
> Black (30)
306c317
< Blue
---
> Blue (34)
308c319
< Green
---
> Green (32)
310c321
< Cyan
---
> Cyan (36)
312c323
< Red
---
> Red (31)
314c325
< Magenta
---
> Magenta (35)
316c327
< Brown
---
> Brown (33)
318,321c329,339
< White
< .It 8
< Grey
< .It 9
---
> Light Grey (37)
> .El
> .Pp
> Base colors with bit 3 (the bright foreground flag)
> set.  The terminal escape for successive bright text
> is ^[[1m.
> .Pp
> .Bl -hang -offset indent -compact
> .It 0
> Dark Grey
> .It 1
323c341
< .It 10
---
> .It 2
325c343
< .It 11
---
> .It 3
327c345
< .It 12
---
> .It 4
329c347
< .It 13
---
> .It 5 
331c349
< .It 14
---
> .It 6
333c351
< .It 15
---
> .It 7
336,338c354
< .Pp
< It can be seen that the last 8 colors are brighter
< versions of the first 8.
---
> .lt 1
344,346c360,362
< specify an uppercase A (character code 65), in
< yellow (low nibble 15) on a light blue background
< (high nibble 9).
---
> specify an uppercase A (character code 65), blinking
> (bit 7 set) in yellow (bits 3:0) on a blue background
> (bits 6:4).
490a507
> .An Robert Drehmel Aq robert@zoot.quizbot.org

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