Date: 02 Jul 1998 13:17:48 +0200 From: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com (Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav) To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console driver (was: Problems with irq 9(2)?) Message-ID: <rx4yauc33j7.fsf@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com> In-Reply-To: sos@freebsd.org's message of Thu, 2 Jul 1998 04:12:26 -0700 (PDT) References: <199807021112.EAA00304@hub.freebsd.org>
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sos@freebsd.org writes: > In reply to Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav who wrote: > > Honestly, I don't really see the point in having a nifty pseudo- > > graphical mouse cursor in text mode. First, it's overkill because you > > only need character resolution, not pixel resolution. Second, it > > steals four characters from your character set. Third, it doesn't work > > properly (or at least doesn't look good) in all modes. > First, I need char resolution in some apps, strange but true. ITYM "pixel resolution". HTH. HAND. > Second, 256 chars is not enough anyways, so having 252 is just a little worse. > Third, it was done by "popular demand", so there is use for it. > Fourth, it was fun doing :) Well, can it at least be switched off? or should I go stick my head in a bucket of ice... :) DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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