Re: Text attribute differences of syscons and xterm

2009-06-01 Thread Wojciech Puchar
If your video card and monitor combination supports underlining this might be worth pursuing. Many VGA-compatible cards do not, and text-mode hmm. my knowledge of VGA programming is from 386 times, but i remember it to be a standard - underline or ability to display another 256 characters -

Text attribute differences of syscons and xterm

2009-05-31 Thread Polytropon
I'd like to ask the following question: Can the syscons driver be configured in a way that certain screen attributes are displayed in the same way? Read: It is possible to use the underline attribute in text mode? For example, when I call man man in an xterm, the effect is this, black on white:

Re: Text attribute differences of syscons and xterm

2009-05-31 Thread Lars Eighner
On Mon, 1 Jun 2009, Polytropon wrote: I'd like to ask the following question: Can the syscons driver be configured in a way that certain screen attributes are displayed in the same way? Read: It is possible to use the underline attribute in text mode? If your video card and monitor