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Date:      Sat, 2 Sep 2000 15:30:02 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@emsphone.com>
To:        Siegbert Baude <siegbert.baude@gmx.de>
Cc:        "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: Does /usr/ports/misc/screen need kernel VT100 support?
Message-ID:  <20000902153002.A11467@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <39B15DAE.BCF27DC@gmx.de>; from "Siegbert Baude" on Sat Sep  2 22:06:06 GMT 2000
References:  <39B15DAE.BCF27DC@gmx.de>

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In the last episode (Sep 02), Siegbert Baude said:
> in the thread about browsers, I read about /usr/ports/misc/screen.
> The description states, that this package will emulate a VT100
> terminal. Am I supposed to compile VT100 support in my kernel in
> order to use it? Or ist this just software emulation? Would like to
> test it, but if it needs new kernel, I will delay this until my next
> buildworld.

No; you don't need to build a new kernel.  screen does the VT100
emulation completely in software.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@emsphone.com


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