From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Display test suite Date: Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:50:04 +0200 Message-ID: <87r3b4s0hf.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <83h9c1lbso.fsf@gnu.org> <577E79AA.2060208@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1467985841 13695 80.91.229.3 (8 Jul 2016 13:50:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2016 13:50:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: =?utf-8?Q?Cl=C3=A9ment?= Pit--Claudel , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Richard Stallman Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 08 15:50:32 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1bLWAp-0007eD-AJ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 15:50:31 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45729 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bLWAo-0007px-EU for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:50:30 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42533) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bLWAV-0007JI-Pt for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:50:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bLWAR-0002ht-NN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:50:10 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:58006) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bLWAR-0002f0-H2; Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:50:07 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3rmG8F2rm1z3hjYZ; Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:50:05 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3rmG8F2SvWzvkvr; Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:50:05 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1wQFtkoHdPar; Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:50:04 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: b2dQGz8kvTKMh7ylj/HpLcxHPG5gZ/FHQlZdchGSYMnKu1ypQEwyYNLLhLrWilCu Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-3-45.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.3.45]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPA; Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:50:04 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 395B92C41E8; Fri, 8 Jul 2016 15:50:04 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: An Italian is COMBING his hair in suburban DES MOINES! In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 08 Jul 2016 09:40:08 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.95 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 212.18.0.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:205432 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > This makes me wonder if a Linux console has the ability to make > a textual screenshot as an array of characters. It does. 7 char Virtual console capture devices 0 = /dev/vcs Current vc text contents 1 = /dev/vcs1 tty1 text contents ... 63 = /dev/vcs63 tty63 text contents 128 = /dev/vcsa Current vc text/attribute contents 129 = /dev/vcsa1 tty1 text/attribute contents ... 191 = /dev/vcsa63 tty63 text/attribute contents NOTE: These devices permit both read and write access. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."