From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 2 04:19:09 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id EAA01622 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:19:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com [134.32.44.131]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id EAA01602; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:19:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from smoergrd@geos01.oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com) Received: from sunw132.geco-prakla.slb.com (sunw132 [134.32.45.120]) by oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (8.8.8/8.6.9) with SMTP id NAA26828 ; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:17:50 +0200 (MET DST) Received: by sunw132.geco-prakla.slb.com (SMI-8.6/SMI-SVR4) id NAA07816; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 13:17:49 +0200 To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console driver (was: Problems with irq 9(2)?) References: <199807021112.EAA00304@hub.freebsd.org> Organization: Schlumberger Geco-Prakla X-Disclaimer: I speak only for myself. From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: 02 Jul 1998 13:17:48 +0200 In-Reply-To: sos@freebsd.org's message of Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:12:26 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Lines: 21 X-Mailer: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG sos@freebsd.org writes: > In reply to Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav who wrote: > > Honestly, I don't really see the point in having a nifty pseudo- > > graphical mouse cursor in text mode. First, it's overkill because you > > only need character resolution, not pixel resolution. Second, it > > steals four characters from your character set. Third, it doesn't work > > properly (or at least doesn't look good) in all modes. > First, I need char resolution in some apps, strange but true. ITYM "pixel resolution". HTH. HAND. > Second, 256 chars is not enough anyways, so having 252 is just a little worse. > Third, it was done by "popular demand", so there is use for it. > Fourth, it was fun doing :) Well, can it at least be switched off? or should I go stick my head in a bucket of ice... :) DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message