Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:13:59 +0100 From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So, exactly what *was* purged? Message-ID: <19981229101359.02508@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <19981228155945.B7980@wopr.caltech.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 03:59:45PM -0800 References: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9812281326460.24624-100000@janus.syracuse.net> <Pine.BSF.3.95q.981228233835.20957J-100000@xkis.kis.ru> <199812282343.AAA24246@uriah.heep.sax.de> <19981228155945.B7980@wopr.caltech.edu>
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As Matthew Hunt wrote: > > Whether now or later, ft will die some day. (pcvt will, too, but most > > likely only after a replacement is available for a good VTxxx > > emulation.) > > I assume that "run screen" is not a suitable solution for people > wishing to run VT applications at the console? It wouldn't, given that the alternative (to have your console behaving like a VT100) is already easy at hand. No additional process involved, no port/package to install, just a kernel recompilation. Right now, it seems the `Grand Unified Console Driver' dream from almost 6 years ago is about to happen anytime soon... -- 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. ;-) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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