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From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de>
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Subject: Re: Syscons CUT&PASTE functionality added...
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Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 22:32:52 +0200 (MET DST)
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As sos@FreeBSD.ORG wrote:

> >     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.

Unless other people volunteer, i'm afraid it won't be done.

Hellmuth is in ISDN these days, and his available amount of spare-time
has been dropping drastically after the birth of his daughter last
year anyway. :-)  I don't have an infinite amount of time available
myself, and pcvt basically does everything _i_ would need it for
(except no longer supporting 132 col's on my new video card...), so
the driving force for me is rather minimal.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)