Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 00:52:03 +1000 From: Sue Blake <sue@welearn.com.au> To: Nik Clayton <nik@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Randy Pratt <rpratt@ezwv.com>, bmah@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-docs@FreeBSD.ORG, Doug Young <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au>, Murray Stokely <murray@osd.bsdi.com>, Jim Mock <jim@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: Automatic text screenshots Message-ID: <20010517005203.H26123@welearn.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20010516103515.A38101@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>; from nik@FreeBSD.ORG on Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:35:16AM %2B0100 References: <01051513051703.00373@k6-2.weeble.com> <200105151727.f4FHRos64816@bmah-freebsd-0.cisco.com> <01051515135804.00373@k6-2.weeble.com> <20010516103515.A38101@catkin.nothing-going-on.org>
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On Wed, May 16, 2001 at 10:35:16AM +0100, Nik Clayton wrote:
> It would be possible to add a new ioctl to syscons that dumped this text
> video memory out to a userland program.
>
> I've got some old software I got 90% of the way to completing which
> might make your work much easier. Specifically,
>
> 1. Some patches to syscons which add this ioctl -- these patches are
> against 2.2.x, but syscons hasn't changed drastically in the past
> few years.
>
> 2. A userland program, "scrshot", which you run like so;
>
> scrshot tty-device > filename
That sounds fantastic, Nik! Just what I've been wanting for years.
It could be a big help with support, too. One screenshot is worth a
hundred confusing emails.
--
Regards,
-*Sue*-
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