Marcus Brinkmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > No, this is unrelated. The term translator handles input stream of > characters. It would be useful to get the scancode directly and do mapping > in the translator. > > What you mean should probably be handled by a device similar to framebuffer > device in Linux. The GGI people have some ideas here, I am sure, and i think > they are interested in contributing a translator. Maybe this translator > could do text mode as well.
term is responsible for both input and output. When I've spoken about punting the Mach console driver, I mean getting rid of both halves, and having term poke the screen memory and directly fetch scancodes. This is not to imply that this is the Right Thing; just that it's what I've been thinking of. Thomas
