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Date:      Sun, 9 Apr 2017 12:00:43 +0300
From:      Andrey Chernov <ache@freebsd.org>
To:        Bruce Evans <brde@optusnet.com.au>
Cc:        Bruce Evans <bde@FreeBSD.org>, src-committers@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-all@FreeBSD.org, svn-src-head@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r316642 - head/sys/dev/syscons
Message-ID:  <a13f3df4-481d-f4da-2c3f-0733ee76b336@freebsd.org>
In-Reply-To: <20170409164754.E1567@besplex.bde.org>
References:  <201704081000.v38A0dBU078784@repo.freebsd.org> <4a498d83-3b64-18ac-bb0f-890a0c2893fc@freebsd.org> <23b8c635-f856-51b5-a338-d9bb53aefc7c@freebsd.org> <20170409164754.E1567@besplex.bde.org>

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On 09.04.2017 10:33, Bruce Evans wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Apr 2017, Andrey Chernov wrote:
> 
>> On 09.04.2017 7:54, Andrey Chernov wrote:
>>> On 08.04.2017 13:00, Bruce Evans wrote:
>>>> Log:
>>>>   Quick fix for removal of the mouse cursor in vga direct graphics
>>>> modes
>>>> ...
>>>
>>> Please don't forget that this 5 cells range (0xd0-0xd4, last one becomes
>>> SC_CURSOR_CHAR) can be redefined with "vidcontrol -M", it is needed for
>>> the case they overlap valid characters region for some code tables.
>>
>> Probably we just can change default to remove additional vidcontrol -M
>> setup. I usually have this range started with 0x03.
> 
> That can only work if you also avoid 9-bit text modes.  9-bit modes
> give 1-bit separations between characters, except for those in the
> graphics range (starting at about 0xd0).

Then let is stays as it is. For me small line in the mouse cursor looks
less distractive that junk in all 4 chars around, which happens if fonts
codepage have 0xd0-0xd3 as valid characters.




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