From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Feb 19 01:20:15 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id BAA13958 for hackers-outgoing; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 01:20:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from deepo.prosa.dk ([193.89.187.27]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id BAA13943 for ; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 01:20:10 -0800 (PST) Received: (from regnauld@localhost) by deepo.prosa.dk (8.8.5/8.8.4/prosa-1.1) id KAA09558; Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:21:14 +0100 (CET) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 19 Feb 1997 10:21:14 +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: <199702190902.TAA11479@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> X-Mailer: Mutt 0.58 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 2.2-BETA_A i386 In-Reply-To: <199702190902.TAA11479@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>; from Michael Smith on Feb 19, 1997 19:32:37 +1030 Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Michael Smith (msmith) ecrit/writes: > > I have a window open at the moment that's 250x135. I can still read > the clock at the bottom of the screen telling me it's time to go home > and eat. See ? The clock's a major inconvenience ! :) > Huh? Who has their monitor resyncing? Err, mine. I got this 17" brand called KFC (No joke!), albeit with a trinitron tube (though that doesn't mean much nowadays). 2 sec wait (clunk! 2sec... new mode). > He didn't. I did. 8) Woops. > No, GPM couldn't be imported; it's Linux-console-specific. And it _was_ > to shut up the ex-Linux GPM fanatics that moused was written. So there 8) At clear-stated purpose :-) > *shrug* Even just a little work to fix what's actually wrong with the > current design would be great 8) Just take some time to work out > what really needs to be done, rather than jumping whatever the current > trend claims is The Right Thing. Not so easy I guess. I _have_ thought before jumping on this, _with_ my ever-present technical ignorance, knowing that the concept of using SVGATextMode was considered bad, etc... Just thought there was some good work done, and it was worth considering. -- -- Phil -[ Philippe Regnauld / Systems Administrator / regnauld@prosa.dk ]- -[ Location.: +55.4N +11.3E PGP Key: finger regnauld@deepo.prosa.dk ]-