Re: improved console interface (was: Re: some console code checked in

[Marcus Brinkmann]

On Tue, Apr 23, 2002 at 01:50:50PM +0200, Wolfgang Jährling wrote:
> Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> wrote:
> > 2. Scroll back buffer.  It seems to me best to have the scroll back buffer
> > maintained in the generic component, so it is retained across detach/attach
> > and can be shared by many display drivers.  This requires that it is part of
> > the mmap'able file, so far no problem.
> 
> When the screen is resized, we would have to reorganize the scroll back
> buffer, right? Could that be a problem for very large buffers?

Well, we have to reorganize it in the same way as the screen content, eg cut
the lines or extend them.  As resizing the screen is not a common thing to do,
I am not worried about this.
 
Thanks,
Marcus

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