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authorCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2010-01-26 19:09:46 +0300
committerCorinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>2010-01-26 19:09:46 +0300
commitbd5e7d1efc631c5c4adceb6281b4de2fc6bf8d19 (patch)
treec44f1bc849b99def8254be37317f89070897062c /winsup
parentd359eb2e1fe2486bc8a7340b64f6c25387dd1585 (diff)
* new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add console enhancements.
Diffstat (limited to 'winsup')
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--winsup/doc/new-features.sgml41
2 files changed, 42 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
index f6508248f..79d0e6305 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/doc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-01-26 Thomas Wolff <towo@towo.net>
+
+ * new-features.sgml (ov-new1.7.2): Add console enhancements.
+
2010-01-25 Corinna Vinschen <corinna@vinschen.de>
* faq-setup.xml: Drop references to non-NT systems.
diff --git a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
index d49505585..856cffa3a 100644
--- a/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
+++ b/winsup/doc/new-features.sgml
@@ -61,12 +61,47 @@
<listitem><para>
Support open(2) flags O_CLOEXEC and O_TTY_INIT flags. Support fcntl
flag F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC. Support socket flags SOCK_CLOEXEC and SOCK_NONBLOCK.
-</para></listitem>
-
-<listitem><para>
Add new Linux-compatible API calls accept4(2), dup3(2), and pipe2(2).
</para></listitem>
+<listitem><para>Enhanced console window support.</para>
+
+ <itemizedlist mark="bullet">
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Function keys send distinguished escape sequences compatible with rxvt.
+ Keypad keys send distinguished escape sequences, xterm-style.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Support of combining Alt and AltGr modifiers in console window
+ (compatible with xterm and mintty), so that e.g. Alt-@ sends ESC @
+ also on keyboards where @ is mapped to an AltGr combination.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Report mouse wheel scroll events in mouse reporting mode 1000 (note:
+ this doesn't seem to work on all systems, assumedly due to driver
+ interworking issues).
+ Add mouse reporting mode 1002 to report mouse drag movement.
+ Add mouse reporting mode 1003 to report any mouse movement.
+ Add focus event reporting (mode 1004), compatible with xterm and mintty.
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Add escape sequences for not bold (22), not invisible (28), not
+ blinking (25) (compatible with xterm and mintty).
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>
+ Support VT100 line drawing graphics mode in console window (compatible
+ with xterm and mintty).
+ </para></listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+
+</listitem>
+
<listitem><para>
Recognize NWFS filesystem and workaround broken OS call.
</para></listitem>