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Subject: Re: screen snaps for syscons & pcvt
To: jkh@time.cdrom.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Date: Wed, 17 Jan 1996 10:06:27 -0600 (CST)
From: "Mike Pritchard" <mpp@mpp.minn.net>
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In-Reply-To: <14129.821873840@time.cdrom.com> from "Jordan K. Hubbard" at Jan 17, 96 02:17:20 am
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Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
> 
> > I don't care.  I just want something nice and simple where I can hit 
> > shift+print_screen and get a printed copy of my current screen.  I'm sure 
> > that 90% of the FreeBSD user base would be more than happy with that.  
> > If someone can show me a *REAL* need for something beyond that, I'll 
> > consider it.
> 
> I think that's fine.  It's how most enormously bloated all-doing
> subsystems start. :-)
> 
> 					Jordan
> 
> P.S. And yes, it would be a cool feature.  Probably increase the
> quality of bug reports no end.  Will it work from the debugger? :-)

There you go trying to bloat it already! :-).  No it won't, but perhaps 
another project for another day might be teaching the debugger how to 
shove bits out to an lpt port.
-- 
Mike Pritchard
mpp@minn.net
"Go that way.  Really fast.  If something gets in your way, turn"