From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 19 00:51:03 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id AAA12796 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:51:03 -0800 (PST) Received: from deepo.prosa.dk ([193.89.187.27]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id AAA12791 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 00:50:56 -0800 (PST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.5/8.8.4/prosa-1.1) id JAA06713; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:52:01 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 09:52:01 +0100 From: regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk (Philippe Regnauld) To: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Smith) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pcvt/132 columns References: <199702182236.PAA11843@phaeton.artisoft.com> <199702182249.JAA07175@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.58 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A i386 In-Reply-To: <199702182249.JAA07175@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Feb 19, 1997 09:19:11 +1030 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith (msmith) ecrit/writes: > > The SVGATextmode stuff had been done for FreeBSD, and if I thought it > was worth the effort, I'd try to help Soren get it working. As it is, > a $60 PCI video card gives more than enough X grunt for snazzy text modes > to be a complete waste of time. Right you are. But even though we workstation-monitor weenies may be on the way to extinction, in the meantime: a) It's nice to have 10200 (170x60) chars on the screen when you code in text mode (with moused, it's even better -- see below) b) It's nice not to have the monitor re-sync (2 seconds on some stupid so-called 17" multi-sync that should have never come off the design board) Referring to a), BTW -- since snazzy text modes are such a waste of time, how come Søren went to the pains of implementing moused ? Don't tell me it's just to plant a flag and say, "There, we have GPM like the Linuxites". Otherwise he'd have imported GPM, no... ? Oh well, I guess I'll go back to Screen and hjkl copy/paste. Sorry for the hard tone, and yes I did read your following message regarding Julian's work -- and yes, I should just STFU and put my head down to a better design. -- -- Phil -[ Philippe Regnauld / Systems Administrator / regnauld@prosa.dk ]- -[ Location.: +55.4N +11.3E PGP Key: finger regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk ]-