Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 17:40:54 +0100 From: Paul B Mahol <onemda@gmail.com> To: Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> Cc: FreeBSD Current <current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Final call for testers: TERM=xterm Message-ID: <3a142e751001100840r2f0e4799g601d8a89233e5e4c@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20091111101207.GF64905@hoeg.nl> References: <20091111101207.GF64905@hoeg.nl>
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On 11/11/09, Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> wrote: > Hi folks, > > I just committed some patches to SVN that should complete the Xterm- > style terminal emulator support. This means we can just share the same > termcap entry between the console driver and X11 terminal emulators, > which has many advantages, including: > > - The ability to use dtach(1) without problems. > - Support for more advanced (networking) devices with serial > administrative interfaces. > - Better compatibility with other operating systems. > - Reduced bandwidth. > > I'd like to flip the switch one of these days on all platforms, except > i386. On i386 the /etc/ttys file is shared between i386 and pc98. pc98 > will still use its own cons25 emulator instead of the xterm emulator, so > I'll initially convert all the other platforms and deal with i386 (and > hopefully pc98) later. I'll discuss this with nyan@. > > How to test this: > > 1. Make sure you run 9.0-CURRENT SVN r199175 or later. > 2. Run `vidcontrol -T xterm'. > 3. Run `export TERM=xterm'. > > After doing this, you shouldn't notice a lot. Make sure applications > like your shell, your editor, etc. still work as expected. > > Known issues: > > - Right now we only implement the VT220 mouse protocol. This means your > mouse should still work properly, but applications are only capable of > detecting drags/selections after releasing the mouse button. This > could eventually be solved by implementing the Xterm mouse protocol. Mouse positioning works only on ttyv0. > > If no serious problems arise, I'll make Xterm the default on > Friday/Saturday. > > -- > Ed Schouten <ed@80386.nl> > WWW: http://80386.nl/ > -- Paul B Mahol
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