From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 1 02:53:24 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E1ED106564A for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 02:53:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: from mail.team1internet.com (mail.team1internet.com [216.110.13.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0B3378FC08 for ; Mon, 1 Jun 2009 02:53:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from lars@larseighner.com) Received: by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix, from userid 12346) id 2CD0B16B62B; Sun, 31 May 2009 21:53:22 -0500 (CDT) Received: from larseighner.com (unknown [216.110.13.85]) by mail.team1internet.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 301DA16B71E; Sun, 31 May 2009 21:53:17 -0500 (CDT) Received: by larseighner.com (nbSMTP-1.00) for uid 1001 lars@larseighner.com; Sun, 31 May 2009 21:50:03 -0500 (CDT) Date: Sun, 31 May 2009 21:49:54 -0500 (CDT) From: Lars Eighner X-X-Sender: lars@debranded.6dollardialup.com To: Polytropon In-Reply-To: <20090601040223.42f76711.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: <20090531214947.G44077@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> References: <20090601040223.42f76711.freebsd@edvax.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-Sanitizer: Anomy and SpamAssassin mail filter - see http://www.6dollardialup.com/support/spaminfo.html Cc: FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: Text attribute differences of syscons and xterm X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:53:24 -0000 On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Polytropon wrote: > I'd like to ask the following question: Can the syscons driver > be configured in a way that certain screen attributes are > displayed in the same way? Read: It is possible to use the > underline attribute in text mode? If your video card and monitor combination supports underlining this might be worth pursuing. Many VGA-compatible cards do not, and text-mode underlining has not been common for a long time. See man 4 screen for the ansi codes to see if you can get your combination of video card and monitor to display underscores at all. More than likely you will never get past this step because the odds are your hardware doesn't have this ability. If you can get ANSI underscores in text mode, the termcap code for underline overstrikes is ul. Perhaps you can devise a termcap that more accurately describes the capabilities of your monitor/video card combination. By all means, backup your original termcap before trying this. -- Lars Eighner http://www.larseighner.com/index.html 8800 N IH35 APT 1191 AUSTIN TX 78753-5266