Subject: Re: patch for wscons scrolling
To: TAKEMURA Shin <takemura@netbsd.org>
From: Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 06/15/2002 10:24:40
TAKEMURA Shin wrote:

> From: David Ferlier <krp@freeshell.org>
> Subject: Re: patch for wscons scrolling
> Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2002 12:30:47 +0200
> 
> > All you suggested is perfect, many thanks for taking time to answer.
> > 
> > So, a kernel option will enable/disable the use of scrolling. If it is set, a wsconsctl flag will be set to zero or 1 to designate the wanted mode (zero -> combos, 1 -> hold screen, 0 by default ;-).
> 
> Will you implement the scroll function as a 'command' of wscons ?
> (You can find commands in internal_command() in sys/dev/wscons/wskbd.c.)
> I'd like to describe key combination to use the function in the keymap
> and change the keymap with wsconsctl.

This is the correct way to do it.  Doing it any other way is wrong.

	-- Gregory McGarry <g.mcgarry@ieee.org>