From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jul 2 05:39:10 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA13633 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 05:39:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: (from sos@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id FAA13611; Thu, 2 Jul 1998 05:39:00 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sos) Message-Id: <199807021239.FAA13611@hub.freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Console driver (was: Problems with irq 9(2)?) In-Reply-To: from =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Dag=2DErling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= at "Jul 2, 98 02:32:07 pm" To: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 05:39:00 -0700 (PDT) Cc: sos@FreeBSD.ORG, nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG From: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Reply-to: sos@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG In reply to Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav who wrote: > sos@freebsd.org writes: > > In reply to Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav who wrote: > > > sos@freebsd.org writes: > > > > 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... :) > > You just dont run vidcontol -m on, thats it .... > > No, I mean, is there any way to use the mouse with a character- > resolution cursor? e.g. reverse the character it points at, or set the > background color of that character to red, instead of doing that fancy > font manipulation. Maybe if somebody implements it, I'll look it over and commit it (if deemed OK that is). -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team So much code to hack -- so little time. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message