Date: Thu, 27 Jun 1996 19:02:41 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org (FreeBSD-current users) Subject: Re: Syscons CUT&PASTE functionality added...y Message-ID: <199606271702.TAA00538@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199606260714.JAA26197@ra.dkuug.dk> from "sos@FreeBSD.org" at "Jun 26, 96 09:14:15 am"
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As sos@FreeBSD.org wrote: > I looks to me like the number one reason folks run pcvt is that it > does a pretty good job at vt220 emulation. I have a version of syscons > that loads its term interpreter as a LKM and so it can be changed to > some other emulation. If would could get a volounter to take pcvt's > vt220 emu and massage it a bit, I'll help with the syscons interface > and what extra hooks might be nessesary. Don't underestimate it. Downloadable charactersets, a permanent character mapping feature (to support a multitude of charsets simultaneously where many chars are actually in a joint subset), and the reduction to only 8 colors (in favor of 512 different characters total) are about the price. (There are more nifty but not DEC-VT related features like the ability to control the VGA RAMDAC, which are IMHO incompatible with syscons' goals.) I don't think it's really worth the while. Sharing a common layer of keyboard (and mouse) drivers seems to be not all that difficult however (don't forget the psm driver...) -- 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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