Date: Sat, 08 Jan 2000 14:53:58 +0900 From: Kazutaka YOKOTA <yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> To: Cejka Rudolf <cejkar@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org, saper@system.pl, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp Subject: Re: syscons: SC_MOUSE_CHAR value rationale Message-ID: <200001080553.OAA14530@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 06 Jan 2000 21:24:04 %2B0100." <20000106212404.A30244@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz> References: <20000106212404.A30244@dcse.fee.vutbr.cz>
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>> Nearly everyone who wants to set up their national locale >> needs to recompile the kernel, since some important characters >> are hidden under mouse cursor. > >I agree with you - it is very strange for Czech users too (and maybe >for almost all ISO-8859-* users) - default mouse settings override some >important characters. Maybe we should ask Kazu if it is possible: > >1) Move SC_MOUSE_CHAR into sysctl tree as read-write value. Maybe we had better implement a new ioctl and use vidcontrol to set up mouse char codes. sysctl is to tweak the kernel behavior. I would rather hesitate to use it to customize device drivers, unless it has something to do with kernel state/behavior and/or security; this is not the case with SC_MOUSE_CHAR. >2) Make SC_ALT_MOUSE_IMAGE as default setting. Hmmm. I would surprise people... >But Kazu have cleared off in December and I don't know where he is... I am here :-) Kazu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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