Date: Fri, 06 Nov 1998 13:17:06 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Andrzej Bialecki <abial@nask.pl> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ficl Message-ID: <199811062117.NAA01041@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 06 Nov 1998 22:19:00 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.4.02A.9811062215420.23415-100000@korin.warman.org.pl>
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> > > (As a side note: I recently act as a panic detector :-) /boot/loader with > > > Forth enabled dies on me after your recent changes). > > > > My recent changes? Which ones? > > Erhm... You're right, it was jkh... anyway, it screams and dies. Ok. He's awake, but I'll look at it as well. He did say there'd be more commits, so I was waiting to check it out. > > > I have a question concerning at-xy, cls, and perhaps get-xy words. They > > > are clearly arch dependent, so if I come to implementing them (I said: > > > "IF" ;-), where I should add them? And, is this so simple as > > > vidc_getchar() suggests? > > > > You should always use getchar() and putchar(), and assume a minimal ANSI > > terminal. vidc_putchar will have to become a minimal ANSI terminal > > emulator. > > ANSI.SYS or cons25 -compatible? This also means keeping some state inside > get/putchar() so that it recognizes esc sequences... *much* more minimal; I'd expect: - move cursor - standout on/off - clear screen It might be feasible to add a few more. Maintaining state's not all that difficult. 8) -- \\ 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. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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