Re: TERMs for bsdinstall

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 05:38:09PM +0100, Alfonso S. Siciliano wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I am ready to start to replace LGPL-dialog with bsddialog in bsdinstall/scripts,
> so some question and proposal:
> 
> I noted 'release/rc.local' prompts 4 TERMs for bsdinstall: xterm, vt100, ansi,
> cons25w:
> 
> 	# Serial or other console
> 	echo
> 	echo "Welcome to FreeBSD!"
> 	echo
> 	echo "Please choose the appropriate terminal type for your system."
> 	echo "Common console types are:"
> 	echo "   ansi     Standard ANSI terminal"
> 	echo "   vt100    VT100 or compatible terminal"
> 	echo "   xterm    xterm terminal emulator (or compatible)"
> 	echo "   cons25w  cons25w terminal"
> 	echo
> 	echo -n "Console type [vt100]: "
> 	read TERM
> 	TERM=${TERM:-vt100}
> 
> 
> I would replace:
> 
> ansi
> vt100 [default]
> xterm
> cons25w
> 
> with:
> 
> vt100
> vt220 [default]
> xterm
> cons25w (delete?)
> 
> Why?
> 
> Add vt220 and new default, because it has better UI features than vt100 and is
> similarly old.
> 
> xterm is ok.
> 
> Delete ansi, I seem it is not usable also with LGPL-dialog, do somebody really
> use it? Some test:
> % env TERM=ansi sade
> % env TERM=ansi dialog --menu test 0 0 0 n1 d1 n2 d2
> 
> Delete cons25w? Reading the logs it seems useful for pc98 now deleted, however
> it was added for japanese users, I have not this hardware so I could send a call
> for testing in current@.
> 
> Please note I want to remove nothing (TERMs, drivers, etc.), it is just an
> echo-prompt update.
> 
> 
> Feel free to point me to any useful resource and let me know if you want to be
> involved in reviews / other discussions.
> Finally I added an editable wiki page for tracking the replacement process
> <https://wiki.freebsd.org/RoadmapFromDialogToBSDDialog>.

It's hard to imagine anyone using something that isn't xterm compatible.
Does it even make sense to have this prompt?

-- Brooks