Wayland - Beyond X (The H)

Posted Feb 15, 2012 15:58 UTC (Wed) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523)
In reply to: Wayland - Beyond X (The H) by dlang
Parent article: Wayland - Beyond X (The H)

There is. Local consoles work through the serial ttys, just as remote consoles do.

>For that matter, I've seen the same types of corruptions on serial terminals. again no network transparency layer involved, just basic vt-100 terminal codes

Exactly. It happens on Unix terminals all the time, but it NEVER happens on Windows.

>^H instead of backspace happens when the terminal emulation doesn't match what the system is expecting you to use.
Yep, because there is no "direct rendering" mode for consoles.