Date: Fri, 18 Sep 1998 21:32:26 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: Don.Lewis@tsc.tdk.com (Don Lewis) Cc: vanessa.voysey@k2c.co.uk, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ELF -current Screen Saver Issues ? Message-ID: <199809182132.OAA28530@usr09.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199809170025.RAA03629@salsa.gv.tsc.tdk.com> from "Don Lewis" at Sep 16, 98 05:25:28 pm
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> I'm seeing the snake screensaver forget to clear the screen and do a > pacman number on whatever is text is displayed there. I don't have > any problems getting the console back if I hit return. > > One thing this shows is that the snake only touches half the character > positions on the screen ... This isn't really a problem. If you were trying to save a white or green phosphor screen from burn-in, you wouldn't be displaying something to "save" it. The idea that you can "save" a screen from burn-in by *displaying* stuff on it is idiotic... Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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