From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: kai.grossjohann@gmx.net (Kai =?iso-8859-1?q?Gro=DFjohann?=) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: New Emacs with GTK! Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:18:18 +0200 Organization: University of Duisburg, Germany Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <84smsg46kl.fsf@lucy.is.informatik.uni-duisburg.de> References: <87vfyai2ur.fsf@wassern.consult-meyers.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1050650839 20868 80.91.224.249 (18 Apr 2003 07:27:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 07:27:19 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 18 09:27:18 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 196QHG-0005QS-00 for ; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 09:27:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 196QGG-0000jG-07 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 03:26:16 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!pd951f1d9.dip.t-dialin.NET!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 16 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: pd951f1d9.dip.t-dialin.net (217.81.241.217) Original-X-Trace: fu-berlin.de 1050650428 3087109 217.81.241.217 (16 [73968]) Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.090019 (Oort Gnus v0.19) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:5O8IJ+uaACsfYcmGLiV3NC5JrBc= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:112087 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:8586 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:8586 dkcombs@panix.com (David Combs) writes: > In article <87vfyai2ur.fsf@wassern.consult-meyers.com>, > A. L. Meyers wrote: >>Don't be so sure, Niels. >> >>The text console is alive and thriving, e. g. with the frame buffer >>device, which may lead to a renaissance of the text console. > > What *is* this frame buffer device? It's a part of the Linux kernel and allows you to do more with the text console under Linux than a VT-100 can do. (I gather you can show images with the framebuffer device and such.) -- file-error; Data: (Opening input file no such file or directory ~/.signature)