Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [Linux-fbdev-devel] Re: fbdv/fbcon pending problems | From | Michel Dänzer <> | Date | Thu, 26 Feb 2004 16:11:01 +0100 |
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On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 08:14, Stuart Young wrote: > On Tue, 24 Feb 2004 07:36 pm, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > > > > There should be an ANSI escape sequence for resetting the scroll region. > > Just send that to the console. > > Yup there is. It's Esc [r , however this also returns the cursor to the top of > the screen. You can use Esc [s & Esc [u to save and restore the current > cursor position, so it's just a matter of putting them around it thus: > Esc [s Esc [r Esc [u > > Or with echo (in a bash script - \\'s to escape it from the shell): > echo -ne \\033[s\\033[r\\033[u > > Now there is a problem with this solution: This leaves the logo (and any > boot-time drawn graphics in the unscrollable region) on the screen.
Should it? :)
-- Earthling Michel Dänzer | Debian (powerpc), X and DRI developer Libre software enthusiast | http://svcs.affero.net/rm.php?r=daenzer
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