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diff --git a/system/fbterm/README b/system/fbterm/README index 3a82f40f73..b64999af82 100644 --- a/system/fbterm/README +++ b/system/fbterm/README @@ -1,15 +1,17 @@ -FbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with the frame buffer device -or a VESA video card. +fbterm (fast framebuffer based terminal emulator for linux) + +FbTerm is a fast terminal emulator for linux with the frame buffer +device or a VESA video card. fbterm supports the mouse (provided gpm is running) and is able to -share the console with (some) other applications, such as "mplayer -vo -fbdev2". It also uses the same fonts as X, and renders them with lovely -antialiasing like modern X terminals. fbterm has *much* better Unicode -support than the plain Linux framebuffer console. +share the console with (some) other applications, such as "mplayer +-vo fbdev2". It also uses the same fonts as X, and renders them with +lovely antialiasing like modern X terminals. fbterm has *much* better +Unicode support than the plain Linux framebuffer console. Also included is a handy utility called checkfb, which simply checks -for the presence and usability of the framebuffer device, and shows its -resolution and bit depth. +for the presence and usability of the framebuffer device, and shows +its resolution and bit depth. This package uses POSIX filesystem capabilities to execute with elevated privileges (required for keyboard shortcuts and console |