Date: Thu, 2 Jul 1998 17:10:40 +0400 (MSD) From: Andrew Kosyakov <caseq@tangram.spb.ru> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: smoergrd@oslo.geco-prakla.slb.com, nick.hibma@jrc.it, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Console driver (was: Problems with irq 9(2)?) Message-ID: <199807021310.RAA00789@guinnes.tangram.spb.ru> In-Reply-To: <199807021112.EAA00304@hub.freebsd.org> from "sos@FreeBSD.ORG" at "Jul 2, 98 04:12:26 am"
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Quoting sos@FreeBSD.ORG: > > 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. > Second, 256 chars is not enough anyways, so having 252 is just a little worse. It's much worse if these 4 characters happen to be widely used letters in your charset. Yes, I know I can load fonts for another charset and then use screen map, but somewhy I like the idea of inverted block character cursor much more. > Third, it was done by "popular demand", so there is use for it. > Fourth, it was fun doing :) It would be really "popular" to be able to customize this feature :) Sincerely yours /&rew --- Andrew Kosyakov, Tangram Ltd, +7 (812) 516-6981, caseq@tangram.spb.ru PGP Key fingerprint: BA A8 48 20 E4 AE 9C 52 C5 5F C3 B8 1E 67 2C BF To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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