Subject: Re: patch to add scroll support to vga wscons
To: Paolo Losi <p.losi@lombardiacom.it>
From: Bang Jun-Young <bjy@mogua.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/30/2000 12:11:27
Paolo Losi wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
> at the following URL http://www.pao.lombardiacom.it/scroll you
> can find the patch to 1.5 RELEASE to add scroll support to vga wscons.
> The "look and feel" is like the Linux/OpenBSD ones the implementation
> is based on a KVM allocated buffer just like FreeBSD.
>
> The work is not cleaned up yet and I'm submitting it for review.
>
> I'd be very happy if, once reviewed, this patch could be merged in the
> development branch and my name could live forever in a CVS log comment
> ;)
How about using up and down arrow keys and PgUp/Down to scroll up and down
while scroll lock is turned on? FreeBSD console works in that way and I
think it's more convenient than Ctrl-Alt-PgUp/Down combination.
Jun-Young
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Bang Jun-Young <bjy@mogua.org>