Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 18:42:41 +0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: Soren Schmidt <sos@freebsd.dk> Cc: hm@hcs.de, yokota@zodiac.mech.utsunomiya-u.ac.jp, mike@smith.net.au, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: future of syscons Message-ID: <199812281042.SAA64604@spinner.netplex.com.au> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 28 Dec 1998 11:21:23 %2B0100." <199812281021.LAA53350@freebsd.dk>
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Soren Schmidt wrote: > It seems Hellmuth Michaelis wrote: > > >From the keyboard of Kazutaka YOKOTA: > > = > > > Not much has been designed or decided about terminal emulation code= > > > yet. I have just a vague idea that the terminal emulator code shal= l > > > write to the vty's internal buffer, rather than directly to the > > > screen, and a timer routine will periodically render it to screen. > > > = > > > Let's work together in designing this, shall we? > > = > > Yes, i'd like to participate in this effort to be able to move the pc= vt > > functionality to this new design! > = > Great, I'm very glad to hear that, and welcome in the comitter team !! Hey, this sounds rather interesting! :-) This sounds like a mini curses-like arrangement, except that there is no = need for cursor move optimization. What would make it really *really* interesting would be if it were = possible to mmap() the virtual buffer and draw directly into it from user= = mode, thus bypassing terminal emulation altogether... Cheers, -Peter To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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