From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Jan 29 23:57:07 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA12506 for hackers-outgoing; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 23:57:07 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from word.smith.net.au (vh1.gsoft.com.au [203.38.152.122]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA12454; Thu, 29 Jan 1998 23:57:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@word.smith.net.au) Received: from word (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by word.smith.net.au (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA03466; Fri, 30 Jan 1998 18:19:59 +1030 (CST) Message-Id: <199801300749.SAA03466@word.smith.net.au> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: Kurt Olsen cc: doconnor@gsoft.com.au, mike@smith.net.au, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Descent Sources In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 30 Jan 1998 00:17:25 PDT." <199801300717.AAA29832@bootp.sls.usu.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 30 Jan 1998 18:19:58 +1030 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG X-To-Unsubscribe: mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org "unsubscribe hackers" > > - No keyboard support. (The Linux svgalib seems to support calling a > > user-supplied keyboard handler on interrupt. This is unspeakably > > bogus if true.) > > VGL needs a little adjustment to it's keyboard init function to > really support games. In the raw and code modes the tty code in > the kernel filters out all TABs, 'u's and a couple of others (at > least I think it's the tty.) I have a few lines of code I put into > doom to make it work under VGL. Let me know if you are interested. Naturally. I'm hoping someone with some more time will actually be able to work on this, I just thought it'd be interesting to see how grubby it really was. The guy who did the Linux mung-job (calling it a port is an insult) freely admits that it's a gross and disgusting job. And he's right, too, but at least it builds. Now I need to go pick up my Descent CDs. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\