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Date:      Fri, 7 Mar 1997 12:23:45 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        brian@freefall.freebsd.org (Brian Somers)
Cc:        CVS-committers@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-all@freefall.freebsd.org, cvs-usrsbin@freefall.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit:  src/usr.sbin/vidcontrol decode.h Makefile decode.c vidcontrol.1 vidcontrol.c
Message-ID:  <199703070153.MAA16185@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199703070134.RAA29525@freefall.freebsd.org> from Brian Somers at "Mar 6, 97 05:34:51 pm"

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Brian Somers stands accused of saying:
> brian       97/03/06 17:34:50
> 
>   Modified:    usr.sbin/vidcontrol  Makefile decode.c vidcontrol.1
>                         vidcontrol.c
>   Added:       usr.sbin/vidcontrol  decode.h
>   Log:
>   Add a -s option for setting the current vty.  This should make
>   life easier if a PS/2 mouse locks up the keyboard (frequent-ish,
>   but not repeatable).

This is unnecessary, as vidcontrol uses stdin as the current tty (in
the tradition of stty).  Thus it is possible to manipulate ttyv0
using 'vidcontrol < /dev/ttyv0'

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