Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: fbdv/fbcon pending problems

[Michel Dänzer]

On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 08:14, Stuart Young wrote: 
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:36 pm, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >
> > There should be an ANSI escape sequence for resetting the scroll region.
> > Just send that to the console.
> 
> Yup there is. It's Esc [r , however this also returns the cursor to the top of 
> the screen. You can use Esc [s & Esc [u to save and restore the current 
> cursor position, so it's just a matter of putting them around it thus:
>  Esc [s Esc [r Esc [u
> 
> Or with echo (in a bash script - \\'s to escape it from the shell):
>  echo -ne \\033[s\\033[r\\033[u
> 
> Now there is a problem with this solution: This leaves the logo (and any 
> boot-time drawn graphics in the unscrollable region) on the screen.

Should it? :)


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