Subject: Re: patch to add scroll support to vga wscons
To: Paolo Losi <p.losi@lombardiacom.it>
From: Bang Jun-Young <bjy@mogua.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 12/31/2000 19:32:43
Paolo Losi wrote:
> IMHO it's more "quick" to scroll the linux way (maybe because I was used
> to that).
> I think it's basically a matter of taste rather than a tecnical issue.
> Anyway I will implement the look and feel preferred by the majority of
> the community.
> 
> I think we have basically three way to do it:
> - Shift-PgUp/Down  (in this case we could implement auto-repeat if keys
> are kept pressed)
> - Ctrl-Alt-PgUp/Down (slightly cleaner code than the above, no
> autorepeat)
> - Screen Lock a la FreeBSD

IMHO, all of the above can be used together (but one might say "there are 
too many ways to scroll and I've got confused to choose which one!" :-).

Happy new year,

Jun-Young

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Bang Jun-Young <bjy@mogua.org>