From owner-freebsd-hackers Sat Jun 20 19:38:55 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA16336 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 19:38:55 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from unix.tfs.net (as1-p77.tfs.net [139.146.210.77]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA16329 for ; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 19:38:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from jbryant@unix.tfs.net) Received: (from jbryant@localhost) by unix.tfs.net (8.8.8/8.8.5) id VAA04185 for freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org; Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:38:46 -0500 (CDT) From: Jim Bryant Message-Id: <199806210238.VAA04185@unix.tfs.net> Subject: Re: PCVT's death (fwd) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:38:45 -0500 (CDT) Reply-to: jbryant@unix.tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-files: The truth is that the X-Files is fiction X-Republican: The best kind!!! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Jun 20 11:57:05 CDT 1998 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG ----- Forwarded message from jbryant ----- >From jbryant Sat Jun 20 21:38:13 1998 Subject: Re: PCVT's death In-Reply-To: from Niall Smart at "Jun 20, 98 11:48:43 pm" To: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 21:38:13 -0500 (CDT) Reply-to: jbryant@argus.tfs.net X-Windows: R00LZ!@# MS-Winbl0wz DR00LZ!@# X-files: The truth is that the X-Files is fiction X-Republican: The best kind!!! X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 3.0-CURRENT #0: Sat Jun 20 11:57:05 CDT 1998 X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL32 (25)] Content-Length: 1548 In reply: > On Jun 20, 12:45pm, Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote: > } Subject: PCVT's death > > > 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. > > Well why not tell them about cons25 via termcap or terminfo? well, if pcvt is dying, then why don't we incorporate some of it's better features, such as 132 columns [with 25, 43, 50, and 60 lines] into sc? jim -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+ ----- End of forwarded message from jbryant ----- -- All opinions expressed are mine, if you | "I will not be pushed, stamped, think otherwise, then go jump into turbid | briefed, debriefed, indexed, or radioactive waters and yell WAHOO !!! | numbered!" - #1, "The Prisoner" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Inet: jbryant@tfs.net AX.25: kc5vdj@wv0t.#neks.ks.usa.noam grid: EM28pw voice: KC5VDJ - 6 & 2 Meters AM/FM/SSB, 70cm FM. http://www.tfs.net/~jbryant ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ HF/6M/2M: IC-706-MkII, 2M: HTX-212, 2M: HTX-202, 70cm: HTX-404, Packet: KPC-3+ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message