Date: Wed, 1 May 2002 19:45:52 +0300 From: "Vladislav V. Zhuk" <admin@dru.dn.ua> To: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: buffer size Message-ID: <20020501164552.GA34873@dru.dn.ua> In-Reply-To: <20020430215932.U1494@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> References: <20020430114023.GA76954@dru.dn.ua> <20020430215932.U1494@shell.gsinet.sittig.org>
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On Tue, Apr 30, 2002 at 09:59:32PM +0200, Gerhard Sittig wrote:
> > How to increase buffer size for cut and paste functions if the
> > mouse pointer is enabled in the virtual console via vidcontrol(1) ??
> >
> > I need to copy entire screen.
>
> src/sys/dev/syscons/scmouse.c dynamically allocates the cut_buffer
> array and computes the cut_buffer_size from the screen coordinates.
> So the buffer should be able to hold the whole screen's content. Do
> you change the screen's dimension after using the clipboard?
I did't any changes. I use only 80x25 screen size in text mode
(without X). Therefore, scmouse.c computes the cut_buffer_size
incorrectly. Try to copy all screen and paste then.
> Have a look at PR kern/21156: ("[PATCH] inconsistency in scmouse
> vs xterm behaviour"). The "squeezing empty lines" you experienced
> is mentioned there and sobomax already fixed two of the three items
> last autumn (although I cannot tell if it has been MFCed since I
> run the local patch here).
thanx.
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