Subject: Re: pcvt (was: Re: Native NetBSD/i386 DTP software)
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Perry E. Metzger <perry@piermont.com>
List: port-i386
Date: 10/14/1997 22:40:32
Michael Graff writes:
> > What's the status on pcvt?  I heard it's not being developed
> > anymore?  I've been hacking at it, trying to get it to do bold
> > colours but it's not exactly working right, yet.
> 
> Well, I recently poked and then un-poked around in it...
> 
> If noone is developing it anymore, it really needs a code cleanup,
> or perhaps a whole rewrite.  There is some nastily-ugly code in there...

Given that it is now in use in the BeBox port (just committed today!),
and that its ugly as sin, maybe a new MI console driver for all ports
would be a Neat Thing.

Perry