screenshot for vt(4)
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Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 15:44:37 UTC
Hello, I made a patch to enable screenshot with vt(4). The patch is here. https://reviews.freebsd.org/D40858 I would like to hear comments and reviews if it can be merged to FreeBSD. When I mentioned it on mastodon, the patch lacked one file, sorry. Please try this if you want to get the patch in one file. http://barleycorn.oikumene.net/ports-patch/0001-Implement-screenshot-with-vt-4.patch There are three types of screenshot. 1. vidcontrol -p text < /dev/ttyv0 > screenshot.txt which generate plain text output. 2. vidcontrol -p term < /dev/ttyv0 > screenshot.txt which generate text with ansi escape sequences. 3. vidcontrol -p raw < /dev/ttyv0 > screenshot.raw which generate a raw picture file. The raw file can be converted to PNG via separate program. http://barleycorn.oikumene.net/ports-patch/vtraw2png.tar.gz https://helixteamhub.cloud/individual674914/projects/vtraw2png/repositories/vtraw2png/tree/default It needs libpng (graphics/png). It only supports 32bit depth, but I think it is enough for vt(4). Sorry if I am wrong. I only tested this patch on i386(vga) and amd64(efifb). The vga fb does not support raw output (it does not have vt_fb_ioctl function). Best regards.