Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 14 Jun 1996 12:46:16 +0300 (EET DST) | From | Johan Myréen <> | Subject | Re: Ideas for v2.1 |
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> In article <199606131535.LAA01225@nic.ott.hookup.net> you write: > >> > driver in full working order. So can't we just replace "Ok.\n" with > >> > "\r\e[K", which will wipe the message off the screen *if* the test > >> > is successful.
What's the use of the messages if you don't have a chance to read them? To be able to read them you would have to pause for at least one second before wiping the message. Probably several seconds if you would want to understand the message too. This would mean adding an extra minute or two of flickering messages on the console when the OS is booted and in the end they are all gone anyway.
> Colourized boot messages would certainly look pretty, and make
I doubt they would look pretty because they would probably be done in the worst possible taste. Somebody already posted a shocking coloring scheme involving almost every color you can get on the text console, all the way from cyan to red.
Johan Myreen jem@iki.fi
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