Looking for libvgl users

Ed Maste emaste at freebsd.org
Tue Jun 21 13:33:31 UTC 2016


Prompted by a recent discussion of the vt(4) console I would like to
send this query to -stable. When posted to -current about 1.5 years
ago it received only one private reply pointing out an example vgl(3)
consumer. Please see the original request and let me know if you use
vgl(3).

On 27 October 2014 at 11:26, Ed Maste <emaste at freebsd.org> wrote:
> vgl(3) is a graphics library for syscons(4) that provides some basic
> graphics operations (e.g. some mode setting, bitmaps, boxes,
> ellipses). Right now it does not support the newer vt(4) console.
>
> In order to help determine the priority of a porting effort to add
> vt(4) support I'd like to better understand where vgl is being used
> now. I'd be interested in hearing about both open source software
> using vgl as well as proprietary or internal applications. So if
> you're using vgl I'd appreciate a follow up (in private is fine) with
> a brief description of your use case.


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