Re: [Linuxconsole-dev] Re: Localization of Linux

[Tony N. <to...@gr...>]

On Wed Mar 08 2000 at 11:41, Dominik Kubla wrote:

> a group of kernel developers has just started a complete overhaul of
> the linux console code.  If you are interested to participate then
> your input would be welcome.  Further information is available at:
> 
>     http://linuxconsole.sourceforge.net
> 
> And there is also an mailing-list for the coordination and discussion
> of the development effort:
> 
>     http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=3063

Wow!  This is a scoop!  :)   [I'm only tuned into linux-console@vger]

When did this start to happen?

What changes are planned?

Ahh, that web page tells much of the story.  Way cool... "Eventually
terminal emulations should be loadable modules."

This would make things like GGI even easier to integrate, and "desirable
features such as multi-head operation, scrollback, and support for different
fonts, keymaps, and textmodes per VC" are all going a long way to
really making text consoles much more versatile and useful.

I'd eventually like to be able to set/reset on a per-console basis
whatever video modes I like, and even split the console to have
multiple consoles on the same tty (something like splitvt does), and
way cool things like multi-lingual support on a global and/or
per-console basis.

Hats off to those who kicked this off and planning to do the hard work.

Cheers
Tony
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