From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jun 21 13:55:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA27871 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:55:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sos.freebsd.dk (sos.freebsd.dk [212.242.40.180]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA27863 for ; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 13:55:06 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos@sos.freebsd.dk) Received: (from sos@localhost) by sos.freebsd.dk (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA00892; Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:54:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199806212054.WAA00892@sos.freebsd.dk> Subject: Re: PCVT's death In-Reply-To: from Faried Nawaz at "Jun 21, 98 11:27:55 am" To: self@id.hungry.com (Faried Nawaz) Date: Sun, 21 Jun 1998 22:54:11 +0200 (CEST) Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: Søren Schmidt Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Søren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team Even more code to hack -- will it ever end? .. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message