From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Andrew Morton Subject: Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 12012] New: This is a request for a kernel-feature of setting a margin of X chars to console contents. Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:10:01 -0800 Message-ID: <20081111131001.5b59675a.akpm@linux-foundation.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from sfi-mx-1.v28.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.28.121] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by 235xhf1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1L00VS-0001lp-6w for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:10:38 +0000 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([140.211.169.13]) by 29vjzd1.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) id 1L00VP-00024o-GW for linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net; Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:10:38 +0000 In-Reply-To: List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: linux-fbdev-devel-bounces@lists.sourceforge.net To: linux-fbdev-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Cc: jesperjacobsson@yahoo.se, bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org (switched to email. Please respond via emailed reply-to-all, not via the bugzilla web interface). (Mailing lists are much more appropriate for this sort of thing than kernel bugzilla) On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:46:44 -0800 (PST) bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote: > http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12012 > > Summary: This is a request for a kernel-feature of setting a > margin of X chars to console contents. > Product: Drivers > Version: 2.5 > KernelVersion: All > Platform: All > OS/Version: Linux > Tree: Mainline > Status: NEW > Severity: normal > Priority: P1 > Component: Console/Framebuffers > AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org > ReportedBy: jesperjacobsson@yahoo.se > > > Best bugzilla.kernel.org readers, > > First I want to apologise if I have misused the kernel bugzilla system, but I > post here in lack of knowing where else to request a kernel feature. > > I (and many other users also I believe, one verified in freenode #kernel chat) > would like to be able to set a margin of X characters wide on either just left > or right side, or preferably also top and bottom, of the linux text console. > > The reason for wanting the feature is that we feel that it will increase > readability since we can find it hard to read when the characters goes to the > very edges of the screen. Of course this is a personal preference but I think > many others would also want the posibility. On the old CRT monitors it was easy > to change this to personal preference with adjusting the monitors visible area, > but on for example a laptop it is not possible. > > It doesn't look like framebuffer modules can do this (been looking at i810fb > which I am using atm, or vesafb). I have also been thinking about the "screen" > program if it could be hacked up to accomplish this, but I thought the best > thing would be if this could be set in the kernel. > > I hereby request this feature and hope it will be implemented, and I apologise > if I have posted this request in the wrong forum. > > Any thoughts about this are welcome. > > Best regards, > > Jesper J ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/