Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!julian!uwovax!7103_300
From: 7103_300@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Virtual consoles (was: job control)
Message-ID: <3909.2535d3ff@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 13 Oct 89 16:24:30 GMT
References: <091089A6393@syntel.mn.org>
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It seems to me that rather than building virtual consoles into the
kernel, a nicer solution is to put in the tools that are needed to
make virtual consoles (or windowing systems, or whatever), namely
pseudo-tty's and SIGWINCH, and let the console/window manager run
as a user process.
--
Eric Smith
ersmith@uwovax.uwo.ca
ersmith@uwovax.bitnet