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From: j@bonnie.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: GPM Daemon for FreeBSD?
Date: 21 Aug 1995 13:17:53 +0200
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Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us> wrote:
>On 16 Aug 1995, Kevin wrote:
>
>> Is anyone / has anyone workedd on porting the GPM daemon from Linux to
>> FreeBSD? This daemon allows usage of the mouse to cut and paste around
>> the virtual terminals. It would save a LOT of typing. :)
>>
>Yes..yes..yes.. This was about the only thing I liked about Linux (ooops..
>sorry..but true..not for everyone!).
It's certainly not the problem of ``porting a daemon'', but rather of
``stuffing the required interfaces into the console driver(s)''.
--
cheers, J"org private: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
http://www.sax.de/~joerg/
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)