Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 14:17:52 +0000 From: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> To: Aleksandr Rybalko <ray@ddteam.net> Cc: "src-committers@freebsd.org" <src-committers@freebsd.org>, Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>, svn-src-stable@freebsd.org, "svn-src-all@freebsd.org" <svn-src-all@freebsd.org>, svn-src-stable-10@freebsd.org, =?koi8-r?Q?Jean-S=E9bastien_P=E9dron?= <dumbbell@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: svn commit: r271023 - stable/10/sys/dev/vt Message-ID: <20140906141752.GA45915@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <20140906014859.1c31f3aac5c84605ec6155dc@ddteam.net> References: <201409031400.s83E0bK6049810@svn.freebsd.org> <20140903140757.GA7494@FreeBSD.org> <CAPyFy2B8F_mWOeTGXormEQ2amzQ00rFotmsNpXmgaKTy63DYzA@mail.gmail.com> <20140903145753.GA25935@FreeBSD.org> <54082B57.6070007@FreeBSD.org> <20140905163433.GA80322@FreeBSD.org> <20140906014859.1c31f3aac5c84605ec6155dc@ddteam.net>
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On Sat, Sep 06, 2014 at 01:48:59AM +0300, Aleksandr Rybalko wrote: > On Fri, 5 Sep 2014 16:34:34 +0000 > Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > > For quite a while (since I started using vt(4)) I'm observing a rather > > annoying thing: sometimes small area of screen would get selected like if > > pressed mouse button or something. If I do a long build on the console, > > periodically, white rectangle (selected area) will suddenly pop up and > > scroll away. Is this a known thing? It can be very annoying for text > > editing on the console, as these sporadic "selects" are overwriting my > > selection buffer contents with whatever was on the screen at that time > > when they suddenly appear. (Rat itself it motionless while it happens.) > > Yeah, it is known. It is due different logic than in syscons(4). vt(4) save > not skected text, but position inside history buffer. > Return to old (well known syscons(4)) behaviour is in TODO. Noted. It would be nice if vt(4) also regained syscons(4) feature of buffer pasting with Shift-Ins (right now I have to press the middle mouse button to do it). If you could also allow scrolling with Shift-PgUp/PgDn (akin to xterm), not just via pressing ScrollLock first, it would make vt(4) even more awesome. ./danfe
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