> What's wrong with using an extra VC and just using the
> existing {Alt}+{Fn} key (or assigning a new one with
> loadkeys)?
Not a lot, except for. APM.
> When will we have hooks for VC screen blankers
> (some way to invoke a user program at blank time)?
Check out modutils/kerneld/GOODIES/
There's a patch to the kernel which allows kerneld to
run a screensaver program.
> How would we implement a VC manager and menu system
> like the old DESQview one? (including the best damn
> interactive keyboard macroing and "mark and transfer"
> system I've ever used).
Make login start up a login shell through something
like screen.
> When will we get decent scrollback buffers
> (independent for each VC, with 'screen' like
> copy and search)?
Ask the GGI crew about the independant scroll thing.
They've got it already. About the other bit -- it's
really not a kernel issue. We might need some new
/dev/tty* ioctls to cope with the scrollback buffer,
though.
HTH,
Matthew.
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