Date: Sat, 20 Jun 1998 23:48:43 +0100 From: njs3@doc.ic.ac.uk (Niall Smart) To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PCVT's death Message-ID: <E0ynWR9-0005hn-00@oak67.doc.ic.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: Bill/Carolyn Pechter <pechter@shell.monmouth.com> "PCVT's death" (Jun 20, 12:45pm)
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On Jun 20, 12:45pm, Bill/Carolyn Pechter wrote: } Subject: PCVT's death > > pcvt is dying, syscons is THE console driver in freebsd. > > If we need more functionality we will have to extend the API with > > those new items (allready happend once with the nw "wheel" mouse) > > that is inherent through all of the systems drivers, nothing special > > here. > > I should hope that pcvt wouldn't die. There are a number > of us who interact with machines that don't know about SCO Ansi > or cons25 (including my DEC boxes) and we need something which > can do real vt100 compatibility. I really don't want to have to run > screen for this on console screens. Well why not tell them about cons25 via termcap or terminfo? Niall To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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