From owner-freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 25 03:20:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-standards@hub.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B9F4537B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:20:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [216.136.204.21]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65E1643FCB for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:20:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (gnats@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h6PAKFUp001697 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:20:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gnats@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h6PAKFqp001696; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:20:15 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:20:15 -0700 (PDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200307251020.h6PAKFqp001696@freefall.freebsd.org> Resent-From: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org (GNATS Filer) Resent-To: freebsd-standards@FreeBSD.org Resent-Reply-To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org, abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BEC0237B401 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:13:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net (ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net [12.17.140.247]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB84743F85 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 03:13:08 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net) Received: from en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net (root@printer [192.168.0.26]) h6PAD4Xq029140 for ; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 02:13:04 -0800 (AKDT) (envelope-from abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net) Received: (from abc@localhost)h6PAE5ac014758; Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:14:05 GMT (envelope-from abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net) Message-Id: <200307251014.h6PAE5ac014758@en26.ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net> Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:14:05 GMT From: abc@ai1.anchorage.mtaonline.net To: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: standards/54839: (correction) pcvt deficits X-BeenThere: freebsd-standards@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Standards compliance List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:20:17 -0000 >Number: 54839 >Category: standards >Synopsis: pcvt deficits >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-standards >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: sw-bug >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Fri Jul 25 03:20:14 PDT 2003 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Joe Public >Release: i386 FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE >Organization: no org >Environment: FreeBSD en26 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0: Thu Apr 17 21:11:57 AKDT 2003 root@en26:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERN i386 >Description: pcvt driver has several deficits. item #1 is NOT valid in 4.x (appears to have been fixed, reported wrongly based on FBSD 3.x). 1. cursor is always GRAY! <- WRONG. this is a problem on gray backgrounds as well as other backgrounds which make GRAY hard on the eyes. it is logical for the cursor to be INVERSE (IMHO). 2. ANSI sequences are severely X3.64 deficient, most importantly, LEFT/RIGHT scrolling capabilities, which, in color mode, can slow down display functions by a factor of 100 (especially critical on serial lines). >How-To-Repeat: self-evident. >Fix: implement ANSI X3.64 LEFT/RIGHT scrolling capabilities. >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted: