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Subject: Re: Syscons CUT&PASTE functionality added...
To: taob@io.org (Brian Tao)
Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 09:05:17 +0200 (MET DST)
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In reply to Brian Tao who wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 21 Jun 1996 sos@freebsd.org wrote:
> >
> > I just put in the last bits to get CUT&PASTE to work in syscons.
> > This now allow one to C&P between the consoles using the mouse
> > to select the needed text.
> 
>     Any idea how much work it would take to add equivalent
> functionality into the pcvt driver?

No idea, I don't watch the competition, I'm only looking ahead :) :)

No, seriously I have no idea, the way syscons and pcvt handles the
screens are quite different, so the tecniques that I use in syscons
wont fit into pcvt's framework.

Joerg ?? ??

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