Date: Fri, 4 Apr 1997 22:12:39 +0200 From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch) To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: modify termcap to support both A[FB] and S[fb]... Message-ID: <19970404221239.CA51772@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199704041804.LAA19566@phaeton.artisoft.com>; from Terry Lambert on Apr 4, 1997 11:04:57 -0700 References: <19970404004714.27849@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> <199704041804.LAA19566@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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As Terry Lambert wrote: > The problem with PC hardware is that there are 16 foreground colors > and either 8 background colors and the ability to blink, or 16 > background colors and no ability to blink. That's only one possible mode of operation. Another one (as used by pcvt) is to have 8 foreground colors only, with the ability of using 512 character cells in the chargen. pcvt needs this mode to be closer to the rich charset abilities of VTxxx ttys, as opposed to the poor 256 chars of a typical PeeCee. -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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