Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-11 Thread Jaime Fournier
This has only been used slightly without any real testing, so if you find any crashes due to it let me know. There is absolutely no guarantee that this is usable for any purpose. I use it without any problems to allow for easier console switching. But ymmv. For those more accustomed to the Free

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-11 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 22:31 -0500, Jaime Fournier wrote: > This has only been used slightly without any real testing, so if you > find > any crashes due to it let me know. > > There is absolutely no guarantee that this is usable for any purpose. > I use it without any problems to allow for easie

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-11 Thread Jaime Fournier
NetBSD uses the same setup with wscons. On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Shawn K. Quinn wrote: Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 00:07:44 -0500 From: Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles. On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 22:31 -0500,

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-11 Thread Chris Kuethe
Because some X11 apps use ALT+Fx. On 7/11/05, Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Which leads me to ask... why is OpenBSD the only odd one out that > requires Ctrl+Alt+F{1,2,3,4,5} when switching between text consoles? Is > there really a good reason for leaving it the way it is? -- GDB

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Shawn K. Quinn
On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 23:28 -0600, Chris Kuethe wrote: > On 7/11/05, Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Which leads me to ask... why is OpenBSD the only odd one out that > > requires Ctrl+Alt+F{1,2,3,4,5} when switching between text consoles? Is > > there really a good reason for leaving

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Artur Grabowski
"Shawn K. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 23:28 -0600, Chris Kuethe wrote: > > On 7/11/05, Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Which leads me to ask... why is OpenBSD the only odd one out that > > > requires Ctrl+Alt+F{1,2,3,4,5} when switching between text c

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Edd Barrett
On 7/12/2005, "Artur Grabowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Shawn K. Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 23:28 -0600, Chris Kuethe wrote: >> > On 7/11/05, Shawn K. Quinn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > > Which leads me to ask... why is OpenBSD the only odd one out

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Artur Grabowski
"Edd Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does this really matter? What is it with trolls on the mailing lists these days? > If it does then someone should add an option that can be included in the > wscons config file (someplace in /etc. I forget the name). Maybe someone should run Linux if

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Edd Barrett
On 7/12/2005, "Artur Grabowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >"Edd Barrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Does this really matter? > >What is it with trolls on the mailing lists these days? ?? > >> If it does then someone should add an option that can be included in the >> wscons co

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Jan Izary
GNU/Linux and FreeBSD still require Ctrl-Alt-Fx to switch back to a text console from X11. That's no reason to require Ctrl-Alt-Fx when switching between text consoles when X11 isn't even involved. No, reverse that. Why bother changing it at all? Just leave it be instead of having the same

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Hannah Schroeter
Hello! On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 04:33:37AM -0500, Edd Barrett wrote: >[...] >While we are on the subject of keyboards, why is it that shift-3 in uk >keymap sends a hash-enter instead of a pound sign. Don't add empty lines between every line of your text. Then, check whether that is the same if y

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Mats O Jansson
On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Edd Barrett wrote: > > While we are on the subject of keyboards, why is it that shift-3 in uk > keymap sends a hash-enter instead of a pound sign. Well my 3.7-current gives a sterling sign as expected in console. Hash sign is hex 0x23 and sterling is 0xa3. Could it be your s

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Edd Barrett
On 7/12/2005, "Mats O Jansson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Tue, 12 Jul 2005, Edd Barrett wrote: >> >> While we are on the subject of keyboards, why is it that shift-3 in uk >> keymap sends a hash-enter instead of a pound sign. > >Well my 3.7-current gives a sterling sign as expected in c

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Han Boetes
Artur Grabowski wrote: > > What is it with trolls on the mailing lists these days? Nah, he was persistant, enthousiastic and unhindered by knowledge. It's pretty impossible for a guru to have a decent conversation with a stuborn noob. That's what happened here. # Han

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Stuart Henderson
--On 12 July 2005 04:33 -0500, Edd Barrett wrote: While we are on the subject of keyboards, why is it that shift-3 in uk> keymap sends a hash-enter instead of a pound sign. That's not the keymap, it's the shell. You don't get # when you type it into vi. Same thing happens ssh'd in from a Wi

Re: Silly patch to allow alt + f[1-4] to switch consoles.

2005-07-12 Thread Michael Shalayeff
Making, drinking tea and reading an opus magnum from Shawn K. Quinn: > On Mon, 2005-07-11 at 22:31 -0500, Jaime Fournier wrote: > > This has only been used slightly without any real testing, so if you > > find > > any crashes due to it let me know. > > > > There is absolutely no guarantee that t