Re: wsconst changing forground/background colors

[Riza Dindir <riza.dindir%gmail.com@localhost>]

Hello RVP

Was able to change the color of the terminal after adding the
WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT and WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_BORDER to the GENERIC
kernel config. This is much better, at least easy on the eyes (a bit).

How is it possible to use the "light" colors defined in the
"src/sys/dev/wscons/wsdisplayvar.h" file with the wsconsctl? Although
in the "console drivers" sections in the guide, it says we can only
use the first 8 colors, it seems.


On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 11:40 AM Riza Dindir <riza.dindir%gmail.com@localhost> wrote:
>
> Hello RVP
>
> On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 9:15 AM RVP <rvp%sdf.org@localhost> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 29 Oct 2021, Riza Dindir wrote:
> >
> > > Hmmm. I am using the kernel "GENERIC, v 1.531.2.10 2020./07/07
> > > 10:29:05" which does not have these options set.
> > >
> >
> > The 9.2_STABLE ALL config has it:
> >
> > $ fgrep -r WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM /usr/src/sys/arch/amd64/conf/ALL
> > options         WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT # color customization from wsconsctl(8)
> > options         WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_BORDER # custom border colors via wsconsctl(8)
>
> Did not know that. I will look at the ALL configuration.
>
> >
> > > Also the source code that I have does not have these options either. I
> > > think I got the kernel source from
> > > "ftp://ftp.NetBSD.org/pub/NetBSD/NetBSD-9.2/source/sets/";. As I did
> > > get the release sources.
> > >
>
> I meant, if I would go and add these options to the GENERIC
> configuration and compile the kernel, would it work? I was assuming
> maybe since the GENERIC configuration does not have these, maybe the
> code would not be able to use these options, and would not work. But
> if the ALL configuration has these, it is worth trying.
>
> >
> > Also the source:
> >
> > $ fgrep -r WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons/
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons/files.wscons:defflag opt_wsmsgattrs.h   WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons/wsdisplay.c:#ifdef WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c:#ifdef WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c:#endif /* WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT */
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c:#ifdef WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c:#ifdef WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT
> > /usr/src/sys/dev/wscons/wsemul_vt100.c:#endif /* WSDISPLAY_CUSTOM_OUTPUT */
> >
> > So it should work.
> >
> > -RVP
> >
>
> Riza