2 Kmscon is a simple terminal emulator based on linux kernel mode setting (KMS).
3 It is an attempt to replace the in-kernel VT implementation with a userspace
7 Kmscon requires the following software:
14 To compile the kmscon binary, use:
16 There is currently no way to install the binary into your system.
19 This software is dedicated to the Public Domain. Feel free to modify it to
23 === Why aren't you using GNU autotools? ===
24 Feel free to send me patches. I will apply them immediately.
26 === Why didn't you use libvte or similar terminal emulators? ===
27 All existing terminal emulators I found highly depend on X. Also, their code
28 base often is a horrible mess. I haven't had the time to convert them to use
29 other drawing functions than Xlib, yet.
30 If you feel like doing this work, please notify me. I would be glad to adjust
31 my code to work with other terminal emulators.
34 This software was written by:
35 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>
36 If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact one of the developers.
39 The kmscon code is split into several independent subsystems:
41 This code manages the KMS/DRI output and provides OpenGL framebuffers.
43 All linux input events are captured here and converted to Unicode
44 characters for input handling.
46 The terminal emulator library.
48 This connects all subsystems into a usable console application.