From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1KxODC-0000hr-3K for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:52:58 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxODA-0000hf-8f for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:52:56 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KxOD9-0000hB-SG for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:52:55 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41395 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KxOD9-0000h5-Ij for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:52:55 -0500 Received: from ns39764.ovh.net ([91.121.25.85]:38317 helo=nexedi.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KxOD9-0004PU-Cb for grub-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Nov 2008 10:52:55 -0500 Received: from [10.8.0.46] (unknown [10.8.0.46]) by nexedi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4F6F23E0F7 for ; Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:52:53 +0100 (CET) From: "Yoshinori K. Okuji" Organization: enbug.org To: The development of GRUB 2 Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2008 16:52:20 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <20081102181132.GA24737@thorin> In-Reply-To: <20081102181132.GA24737@thorin> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200811041652.21150.okuji@enbug.org> X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Subject: Re: [PATCH] terminal split X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GRUB 2 List-Id: The development of GRUB 2 List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:52:56 -0000 On Sunday 02 November 2008 19:11:32 Robert Millan wrote: > Hi, > > This patch splits terminal handling in input and output. While at it, it > resolves/removes some of the kludges we had to work around this limitation. > > For example, gfxterm/vga no longer need to assume the input is bios > console, at_keyboard can be used in combination with any output terminal, > etc. > > It will also be possible to turn vga_text.c into a standalone output term, > but this needs more work since it is currently sharing much code with the > bios console in console.c. No ChangeLog? The idea is good. I agree with your patch, basically. I can review it more seriously, once you write up ChangeLog entries. BTW, I would like to obtain the capability of handling pipes, so that we can, say, "help | more". I guess you have the same idea in your mind. This should be trivial, once the input and output are separate, right? Regards, Okuji