[bugs #9659] vga: 79 vs 80 columns

[Yoshinori K. Okuji]

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[bugs #9659] Latest Modifications:

Changes by: 
                Yoshinori K. Okuji <address@hidden>
'Date: 
                Fri 07/16/2004 at 11:39 (GMT)

            What     | Removed                   | Added
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          Resolution | None                      | Wont Fix
              Status | Open                      | Closed


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I thought of the same thing some years ago, but interactive operations didn't 
work very well if I used the extra column. I don't know if this is specific to 
some BIOSes, though. Anyway, I don't think this is very important.






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[bugs #9659] Full Item Snapshot:

URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=detailitem&item_id=9659>
Project: GNU GRUB
Submitted by: Egmont Koblinger
On: Thu 07/15/2004 at 20:14

Category:  User Interface
Severity:  Major
Priority:  5 - Normal
Item Group:  Software Error
Resolution:  Wont Fix
Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Egmont Koblinger
Originator Email:  address@hidden
Status:  Closed
Release:  0.95
Reproducibility:  Every Time
Planned Release:  


Summary:  vga: 79 vs 80 columns

Original Submission:  It seems to me that grub never uses the rightmost column
of the vga screen. At least it wraps after the 79th column
when a kernel with a long command line is being booted and
this is reported in the top of the screen, and when using
the cat builtin to show a file.

Patch attached, it works for me and I haven't noticed any
side effects. I tested the two situations mentioned above
with 79, 80, 81 char long strings and it was always ok.


Follow-up Comments
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Date: Fri 07/16/2004 at 11:39       By: okuji
I thought of the same thing some years ago, but interactive operations didn't 
work very well if I used the extra column. I don't know if this is specific to 
some BIOSes, though. Anyway, I don't think this is very important.






File Attachments
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Date: Thu 07/15/2004 at 20:14  Name: vga-80-columns.patch  Size: 374B   By: 
egmont

http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?item_id=9659&amp;item_file_id=1496






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