Marcin Cieslak wrote (2000/01/05):
> Is there any _particular_ reason why this is #define'd to (0xd0)
> in /sys/dev/syscons/syscons.c?
>From syscons.c,v - 1998/02/11 (author: yokota):
- another new option: SC_MOUSE_CHAR
Define the first character code of four consecutive codes to be used for
the mouse cursor. Default codes are 0xd0 through 0xd3. Beware that
if you decide to use any codes outside the range of 0xc0-0xdf,
the mouse cursor may not look good, because of the way VGA displays
characters in 9-dot-wide character cells.
Requested by several people.
> Nearly everyone who wants to set up their national locale
> needs to recompile the kernel, since some important characters
> are hidden under mouse cursor.
I agree with you - it is very strange for Czech users too (and maybe
for almost all ISO-8859-* users) - default mouse settings override some
important characters. Maybe we should ask Kazu if it is possible:
1) Move SC_MOUSE_CHAR into sysctl tree as read-write value.
2) Make SC_ALT_MOUSE_IMAGE as default setting.
But Kazu have cleared off in December and I don't know where he is...
> Will changing it to 0x08 break anything?
Look above.
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Brno University of Technology, Faculty of El. Engineering and Comp. Science
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