* Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 12012] New: This is a request for a kernel-feature of setting a margin of X chars to console contents.
[not found] <bug-12012-10286@http.bugzilla.kernel.org/>
@ 2008-11-11 21:10 ` Andrew Morton
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From: Andrew Morton @ 2008-11-11 21:10 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-fbdev-devel; +Cc: jesperjacobsson, bugme-daemon
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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
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