[Testers wanted] vt100/xterm-support for syscons

[Giorgos Keramidas]

On Tue, 23 Dec 2008 14:59:51 +0100, Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl> wrote:
> Hello all,
> Some time ago I sent a message to the lists about vt100/xterm/UTF-8
> support for syscons. I think the code is pretty stable now and after
> some minor improvements/fixes, it should be ready to hit the tree.
>
> I'm sending this message to this list, because it would be nice if
> people could test the patch before I commit it. Especially if people
> with different fonts/keymaps could test it, it would be really nice.
>
> Patches are available at:
>
> 	http://people.FreeBSD.org/~ed/mpsafetty/

Hi Ed,

Do we just pick the latest version of mpsafetty changes?

I think I might be able to run a few tests with the xterm support patch
during the next week.

> If no serious issues turn up that I've not been able to fix before the
> end of the year, I'll commit it one of the first days of January.

Heh, that would be a good New Year's gift :-)

I have been using screen and a .bashrc snippet that sets TERM=vt220
inside screen until now.  This has proved to be a remarkably good
combination for [ FreeBSD console -> screen -> TERM=vt220 -> ssh ]
sessions to BSD, Linux *and* Solaris systems.

I suspect having full `TERM=xterm' support in the console would make at
least half of this setup obsolete and make ssh connections to non-BSD
systems Just Work(TM) without the screen+vt220 hack!

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