Final call for testers: TERM=xterm

[Paul B Mahol]

On 11/11/09, Ed Schouten <ed at 80386.nl> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I just committed some patches to SVN that should complete the Xterm-
> style terminal emulator support. This means we can just share the same
> termcap entry between the console driver and X11 terminal emulators,
> which has many advantages, including:
>
> - The ability to use dtach(1) without problems.
> - Support for more advanced (networking) devices with serial
>   administrative interfaces.
> - Better compatibility with other operating systems.
> - Reduced bandwidth.
>
> I'd like to flip the switch one of these days on all platforms, except
> i386. On i386 the /etc/ttys file is shared between i386 and pc98. pc98
> will still use its own cons25 emulator instead of the xterm emulator, so
> I'll initially convert all the other platforms and deal with i386 (and
> hopefully pc98) later. I'll discuss this with nyan at .
>
> How to test this:
>
> 1. Make sure you run 9.0-CURRENT SVN r199175 or later.
> 2. Run `vidcontrol -T xterm'.
> 3. Run `export TERM=xterm'.
>
> After doing this, you shouldn't notice a lot. Make sure applications
> like your shell, your editor, etc. still work as expected.

It would be nice that keeping shift key pressed and pressing middle
mouse key works like it does in xterm.