Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2009 22:59:42 -0500 From: Nathan Whitehorn <nwhitehorn@freebsd.org> To: Ed Schouten <ed@FreeBSD.org> Cc: svn-src-head@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, src-committers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r190157 - head/sys/dev/syscons/teken Message-ID: <49C4662E.50808@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <200903201431.n2KEV9kQ005045@svn.freebsd.org> References: <200903201431.n2KEV9kQ005045@svn.freebsd.org>
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Ed Schouten wrote: > Author: ed > Date: Fri Mar 20 14:31:08 2009 > New Revision: 190157 > URL: http://svn.freebsd.org/changeset/base/190157 > > Log: > Just use default behaviour on tabstops when using too many columns. > > It seems I didn't fix this issue before committing teken to the tree. My > initial idea was to somehow add an error mechanism to instruct the video > driver author to increase T_NUMCOL when using very big terminals. It > turns out we have platforms where we have gigantic consoles on systems > like the Apple PowerMac G5, which means we crash there right now. > > Just ignore tabstops placed beyond column 160. Just force tabs to be > placed on each 8 columns. > Thanks for this! My console works much better now. -Nathan
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