Messages in this thread |  | | From | (Jeff Epler) | Subject | Re: Speeding up screen output for dialog | Date | 8 Sep 1996 00:56:39 GMT |
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In article <m0uyNIn-00024qC@dawn.beck-sw.de>, becka@sunserver1.rz.uni-duesseldorf.de wrote: >The solution is simple. Give ncurses access to display memory. ncurses can >detect the display-type TERM=linux and try to use this feature when on >console. > >You will now probably tell me "NO ! NO ! The binaries would have to be suid >root to map the mem !" and you are right for now. >But there is something lurking out there to overcome this problem.
Can't we do this with /dev/vcsa right now? Or does it not mmap?
[looks at kernel code]
Hm, it doesn't seem to mmap right now. Too bad. Making it do so might be easier than waiting for ggi..
Jeff -- \/ Jeff Epler jepler@{inetnebr.com|cse.unl.edu|herbie.unl.edu} (0|1(01*0)*1)+
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