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From: Michel =?ISO-8859-1?Q?D=E4nzer?= <michel@daenzer.net>
Subject: Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: fbdv/fbcon pending problems
Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:11:01 +0100
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On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 08:14, Stuart Young wrote:=20
> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:36 pm, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> >
> > There should be an ANSI escape sequence for resetting the scroll re=
gion.
> > Just send that to the console.
>=20
> Yup there is. It's Esc [r , however this also returns the cursor to t=
he top of=20
> the screen. You can use Esc [s & Esc [u to save and restore the curre=
nt=20
> cursor position, so it's just a matter of putting them around it thus=
:
>  Esc [s Esc [r Esc [u
>=20
> Or with echo (in a bash script - \\'s to escape it from the shell):
>  echo -ne \\033[s\\033[r\\033[u
>=20
> Now there is a problem with this solution: This leaves the logo (and =
any=20
> boot-time drawn graphics in the unscrollable region) on the screen.

Should it? :)


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