Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 15:32:15 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, pechter@shell.monmouth.com Subject: Re: PCVT's death Message-ID: <199806201932.PAA09601@lakes.dignus.com>
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> > > In reply to <sos@FreeBSD.ORG>: > > > > pcvt is dying, syscons is THE console driver in freebsd. > > If we need more functionality we will have to extend the API with > > those new items (allready happend once with the nw "wheel" mouse) > > that is inherent through all of the systems drivers, nothing special > > here. > > I should hope that pcvt wouldn't die. There are a number > of us who interact with machines that don't know about SCO Ansi > or cons25 (including my DEC boxes) and we need something which > can do real vt100 compatibility. I really don't want to have to run > screen for this on console screens. > > PCVT will die here when it's ripped from my cvs repository > over my dead body. 8-) > > Actually, I'd love to see a full vt100/220 emulation option put in to > syscons to get a unified console driver -- but I'd be pretty > surprised to see anyone do it because it's not something > everyone wants or needs. > > Bill Bill - You might want to try running screen - which presents you with several virtual connections, each of which emulates a VT100. It's been a marvelous work-horse for me. It's in the ports... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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