Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 00:17:34 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@freebsd.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org, Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r263885 - in head/sys/dev/vt: . hw/vga Message-ID: <20140331001734.GA15296@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20140330233824.12632c5f.ray@freebsd.org> References: <201403282204.s2SM4SeN001155@svn.freebsd.org> <5336F23B.9080402@freebsd.org> <20140330003523.791b9ed3.ray@freebsd.org> <20140330070444.GA30090@FreeBSD.org> <20140330233824.12632c5f.ray@freebsd.org>
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On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 11:38:24PM +0300, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > > I've always wondered why FreeBSD *ever* had this ugly > > "look-we-can-make-it- like-in-wind0ze" mouse pointer on the console. > > I've been always building kernel with SC_ALT_MOUSE_IMAGE; I'm really > > hoping (if this nonsense has to stay) there will be an option to > > completely disable it and all related code paths when vt(4) > > eventually replaces syscons(4). > > its name SC_NO_CUTPASTE for both syscons(4) and vt(4). Hmm, doesn't seem so. I've never had this option in kernel config, and its name suggest it's for disabling cut-n-paste buffer, which is not what I want (and find it very convenient, FWIW). I'm pretty sure that SC_ALT_MOUSE_IMAGE gives me that standard, "inverted" nice text-mode mouse pointer we all used to since early DOS years. ./danfe
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