Re: lib/58282: Sysinst terminal output size increased because curses

[Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR lib/58282; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Brett Lymn <blymn%internode.on.net@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: lib-bug-people%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost,
        Andreas Gustafsson <gson%gson.org@localhost>
Subject: Re: lib/58282: Sysinst terminal output size increased because curses
Date: Wed, 29 May 2024 08:22:54 +0930

 On Tue, May 28, 2024 at 10:00:03AM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
 > 
 >  Can we have a quirk mode that enables rough optimization here?
 >  
 
 Use a terminfo that doesn't have colour capabilities?
 
 >  The exact background colour in sysinst should not matter a lot
 >  but the increased time for redrawing the screen is highly visible
 >  on a serial console at 9600bps.
 >  
  Right, but curses does not know that you don't care about the background.
 I understand and support your concerns but I am not sure what we can do about it.
 I believe using colour comes with a significant overhead which is what we are seeing but I
 would be happy to be proven wrong here.
 
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