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diff --git a/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn b/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn index 846726ba..1ca3c85e 100644 --- a/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/HurdConsole.mdwn @@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ The below is a reworked version of Marcus Brinkmanns' [letter to the debian-hurd -- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 21 Jan 2003 +Many of the shortcommings of the console are not true anymore. I've updated the page to match the state as it is in CVS. + +-- [[Main/MarcoGerards]] - 28 May 2004 + ## <a name="Table_of_Contents"> Table of Contents </a> %TOC% @@ -185,7 +189,7 @@ If you use other applications, try to search with google for "application-name u Squeezed at the end so nobody sees it ;) -**console server:** lacks configuration option for scrollback buffer length. Is probably too lax in permission checking. Does not implement settable tab stops. Does not allow to change encoding at run time. Does not allow any other screen size but 80x25. +**console server:** Is probably too lax in permission checking. Does not implement settable tab stops. Does not allow to change encoding at run time. Does not allow any other screen size but 80x25. Combining characters are not supported. @@ -193,13 +197,11 @@ Combining characters are not supported. Copy & Paste not supported. -**vga driver:** Does not have configuration option for 256glyphs/16colors mode. Does not recalculate the mode lines if the font height is changed. This makes font heights below 13 or over 16 infeasible. +**vga driver:** Does not recalculate the mode lines if the font height is changed. This makes font heights below 13 or over 16 infeasible. Should support other text modes (integrate svgatextmode?) -**generic\_speaker driver:** No option to set bell style. - -**pc\_kbd driver:** No keyboard layout but US supported! Maybe in some cases left/right shift/ctrl/alt is allowed where both left and right should be allowed. Doesn't support keyboard LEDs. +**pc\_kbd driver:** No keyboard layout but US supported! Maybe in some cases left/right shift/ctrl/alt is allowed where both left and right should be allowed. Keyboard LEDs are only supported when using OSKIT-Mach or the CVS branch gnumach-1-branch of GNU Mach. **ncursesw driver:** Doesn't work properly on other terminals but UTF-8. Should not use C-w, this should be configurable. Does not support use of scroll back buffer. @@ -214,3 +216,9 @@ Here's a June 2002 [status report](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/200 In September 2002 there was a [request for testers](http://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2002-09/msg00121.html). There's been quite a bit of discussion on <bug-hurd@gnuNOSPAM.org> about updates, test results and changes. -- [[Main/GrantBow]] - 22 Oct 2002 + +There are several patches for the console on savannah to deal with the shortcommings described in Marcus' email. Patches for broadcasting the bell event, for setting other text modes and a patch to make it possible to start XFree from the console can be found on savannah: [http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?group\_id=30&set=custom&msort=0&report\_id=100&advsrch=0&go\_report=Apply&category\_id=162&assigned\_to=0&status\_id=1&chunksz=50](http://savannah.gnu.org/patch/index.php?group_id=30&set=custom&msort=0&report_id=100&advsrch=0&go_report=Apply&category_id=162&assigned_to=0&status_id=1&chunksz=50) + +An experimental plugin to load XKB keymaps exists, although it is alpha quality: <http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/xkb-0.3.tar.gz> + +-- [[Main/MarcoGerards]] - 28 May 2004 |