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From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
To: Tammo Block <tammo.block@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jiri Slaby <jslaby@suse.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/6] vt: Add SRG mouse reporting features
Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2020 14:30:02 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20201002123002.GA3346488@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1594032517.git.tammo.block@gmail.com>

On Mon, Jul 06, 2020 at 12:57:22PM +0200, Tammo Block wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
> this patchset adds xterm like mouse reporting features to the console.
> 
> The linux virtual console has support for mouse reporting since 1994 or so,
> but the kernel only supports the original X10/X11 style standard protocols.
> To support more protocols these patches expand the kernel structures in a
> up- and downwards compatible way, see the last patch for detailed
> documentation and pointers to even more detailed docs.
> 
> The main goal is to become compatible with xterm, as most TUI software today
> is tested in xterm or another compatible terminal.
> 
> Support by the mouse daemons (consolation, gpm) will be needed too.

What happened to this feature.  Was there a new set of patches or was
this the last one?

mouse support for the console feels odd these dyas, who would use this?

thanks,

greg k-h

  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-10-02 12:30 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-07-06 10:57 [PATCH v3 0/6] vt: Add SRG mouse reporting features Tammo Block
2020-07-06 10:57 ` [PATCH v3 1/6] tiocl.h: Change/Add defines for mouse report Tammo Block
2020-07-06 10:58 ` [PATCH v3 2/6] console_struct.h: Add members " Tammo Block
2020-07-06 10:58 ` [PATCH v3 3/6] vt/vt: Enable mode change via escape sequence Tammo Block
2020-07-06 10:58 ` [PATCH v3 4/6] vt/vt: Add SRG mouse reporting protocol Tammo Block
2020-07-06 10:59 ` [PATCH v3 5/6] vt/vt: Add URXVT " Tammo Block
2020-07-06 11:00 ` [PATCH v3 6/6] Documentation: Describe console mouse reporting Tammo Block
2020-07-06 18:43   ` Randy Dunlap
2020-10-02 12:30 ` Greg Kroah-Hartman [this message]
2020-10-05  8:06   ` [PATCH v3 0/6] vt: Add SRG mouse reporting features Tammo Block
2020-10-05  8:19     ` Greg Kroah-Hartman

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