Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:59:51 +0100 From: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> To: FreeBSD Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: [Testers wanted] vt100/xterm-support for syscons Message-ID: <20081223135951.GX1176@hoeg.nl>
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--lHle3uIue3i85Vco Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello all, Some time ago I sent a message to the lists about vt100/xterm/UTF-8 support for syscons. I think the code is pretty stable now and after some minor improvements/fixes, it should be ready to hit the tree. I'm sending this message to this list, because it would be nice if people could test the patch before I commit it. Especially if people with different fonts/keymaps could test it, it would be really nice. Patches are available at: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~ed/mpsafetty/ Some random notes: - The patch also contains some WIP manual pages of the MPSAFE TTY code. These won't be committed. - PC98 will not be affected by this patch. The PC98 port has a custom scterm module, which shall be left intact. - UTF-8 support has not been enabled. We need to fix other things first (keyboard input, fonts, etc) before we can enable it. If people already want to test the UTF-8 handling of the terminal emulator, they can search for `TEKEN_UTF8' in teken.h. - I'm still leaving $TERM set to `cons25'. You can already do experiments by changing it to `xterm-color'. It should work pretty good, but we don't have support for SCS (Set Character Set) yet. This means things like box drawing will be broken if you enable it. I guess this should be fixed after we gain UTF-8 support. We can then just convert the character sets to their Unicode equivalents. - Try SSH'ing/telneting to your Cisco/HP/etc network devices. This should work pretty good now. If no serious issues turn up that I've not been able to fix before the end of the year, I'll commit it one of the first days of January. Thanks! --=20 Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> WWW: http://80386.nl/ --lHle3uIue3i85Vco Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklQ7tcACgkQ52SDGA2eCwU15wCfdWMZbodE1CMahkz1mhYOI92v TcAAnjgrZ/+VnzhNP5cYenI+4miGSKpq =Ss6J -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --lHle3uIue3i85Vco--
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