linuxconsole-dev

Setting fonts on a per-VC basis

[Alastair M. <mck...@co...>]

Hello,

I am reviewing bugs for console-tools on Debian.

fb allows the user to set the font on a per-vc basis; this is not
possible on the current Kernel AFAIK.

Is this going to be possible in the new kernel console code? Is there a
list of new API changes/capabilities for the new linuxconsole yet?

Thanks,
Alastair McKinstry

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Re: Setting fonts on a per-VC basis

[James S. <jsi...@in...>]

> I am reviewing bugs for console-tools on Debian.
>
> fb allows the user to set the font on a per-vc basis; this is not
> possible on the current Kernel AFAIK.

Correct. When you change the font it changes all the VCs. Same for
resizing the screen via the VT layer.

> Is this going to be possible in the new kernel console code? Is there a
> list of new API changes/capabilities for the new linuxconsole yet?

Yes it will be possible. You will also be able to resize the resolution
per vc. I don't have a list of API changes yet. The userland interface is
pretty much the same. The difference is the number of consoles per
desktop. We will have 16 instead of 64. The second change which I don't
know if it will go into 2.5.X is tty0 being the foreground console will go
away.


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