From owner-svn-doc-head@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 9 21:08:42 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62001417; Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:08:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from pgj@FreeBSD.org) Received: from svn.freebsd.org (svn.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:2068::e6a:0]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 412A125DD; Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:08:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from svn.freebsd.org ([127.0.1.70]) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.7) with ESMTP id r99L8giA029919; Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:08:42 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Received: (from pgj@localhost) by svn.freebsd.org (8.14.7/8.14.5/Submit) id r99L8gvh029918; Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:08:42 GMT (envelope-from pgj@svn.freebsd.org) Message-Id: <201310092108.r99L8gvh029918@svn.freebsd.org> From: Gabor Pali Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2013 21:08:42 +0000 (UTC) To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42920 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status X-SVN-Group: doc-head MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-BeenThere: svn-doc-head@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: SVN commit messages for the doc tree for head List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 21:08:42 -0000 Author: pgj Date: Wed Oct 9 21:08:41 2013 New Revision: 42920 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42920 Log: - Minor improvements for the Newcons report Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Wed Oct 9 19:25:44 2013 (r42919) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Wed Oct 9 21:08:41 2013 (r42920) @@ -1560,14 +1560,14 @@ -

The Newcons project is aimed to replace old graphic virtual - terminal named "syscons". The main objectives are: support - Unicode characters and move away from the dependency on fixed - graphic modes (such as VGA and VESA) and built-in services (such - as BIOS).

The Newcons project is aimed to replace the old + syscons(4)-based virtual terminals. The main + objectives are: support Unicode characters, and move away from + the dependency on fixed VGA and VESA graphics modes and built-in + BIOS services.

This project was started by Ed Schouten originally, and in 2013 - it already featured the following (among many others):

This project was originally started by Ed Schouten, and it + already featured the following (among many others) in 2013:

Unicode fonts with Latin, Cyrillic and some more simple @@ -1575,21 +1575,22 @@
Unicode output support.
Graphics mode support.
Text mode support.
sysmouse(4) (without copy-paste) support.
sysmouse(4) support, without copy/paste.

And these has been extended by the following items +

And these have been extended by the following items recently:

History, that is, the ability to scroll via terminal - history. Old, separate history buffer has been removed.
History, that is, the ability to scroll through the terminal + history. The old, separate history buffer has been + removed.
The history is implemented by a circular buffer, that is, no buffer - overflow, but unlimited scrolling.
VT_PROCESS mode, a way to hold the terminal. For - examle, X.Org uses this features to prevent the user from + example, X.Org uses this feature to prevent the user from switching terminals.
drm2/fb_helper, the KMS driver. This binds Newcons @@ -1615,7 +1616,7 @@
This project is being sponsored by The &os; Foundation. Many thanks to Ed Schouten, who started the Newcons project and did - most work.
+ most of the work.
@@ -1631,7 +1632,7 @@ Bug fixes. - Integrate into &os; HEAD. + Integrate into &os; head. Integrate into &os; 10.0.