From owner-freebsd-current Tue Dec 29 01:20:57 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id BAA11793 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 01:20:57 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sax.sax.de (sax.sax.de [193.175.26.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA11778 for ; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 01:20:53 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by sax.sax.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with UUCP id KAA12545 for freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:20:32 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from j@uriah.heep.sax.de) Received: (from j@localhost) by uriah.heep.sax.de (8.9.1/8.9.1) id KAA26645; Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:13:59 +0100 (MET) (envelope-from j) Message-ID: <19981229101359.02508@uriah.heep.sax.de> Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:13:59 +0100 From: J Wunsch To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So, exactly what *was* purged? Reply-To: Joerg Wunsch References: <199812282343.AAA24246@uriah.heep.sax.de> <19981228155945.B7980@wopr.caltech.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88 In-Reply-To: <19981228155945.B7980@wopr.caltech.edu>; from Matthew Hunt on Mon, Dec 28, 1998 at 03:59:45PM -0800 X-Phone: +49-351-2012 669 X-PGP-Fingerprint: DC 47 E6 E4 FF A6 E9 8F 93 21 E0 7D F9 12 D6 4E Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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