Re: [Bugme-new] [Bug 12012] New: This is a request for a kernel-feature of setting a margin of X chars to console contents.

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On Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:46:44 -0800 (PST)
bugme-daemon@bugzilla.kernel.org wrote:

http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12012

           Summary: This is a request for a kernel-feature of setting a
                    margin of X chars to console contents.
           Product: Drivers
           Version: 2.5
     KernelVersion: All
          Platform: All
        OS/Version: Linux
              Tree: Mainline
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P1
         Component: Console/Framebuffers
        AssignedTo: jsimmons@infradead.org
        ReportedBy: jesperjacobsson@yahoo.se


Best bugzilla.kernel.org readers,

First I want to apologise if I have misused the kernel bugzilla system, but I
post here in lack of knowing where else to request a kernel feature.

I (and many other users also I believe, one verified in freenode #kernel chat)
would like to be able to set a margin of X characters wide on either just left
or right side, or preferably also top and bottom, of the linux text console. 

The reason for wanting the feature is that we feel that it will increase
readability since we can find it hard to read when the characters goes to the
very edges of the screen. Of course this is a personal preference but I think
many others would also want the posibility. On the old CRT monitors it was easy
to change this to personal preference with adjusting the monitors visible area,
but on for example a laptop it is not possible.

It doesn't look like framebuffer modules can do this (been looking at i810fb
which I am using atm, or vesafb). I have also been thinking about the "screen"
program if it could be hacked up to accomplish this, but I thought the best
thing would be if this could be set in the kernel.

I hereby request this feature and hope it will be implemented, and I apologise
if I have posted this request in the wrong forum.

Any thoughts about this are welcome.

Best regards,

Jesper J

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