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authorLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-09-09 00:01:19 +0200
committerLudovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org>2016-09-09 00:18:09 +0200
commit78325fa8085279422053d7241fc93fcc7c558390 (patch)
tree56240abb44252a52177c62781b0a10d34eb567a0 /gnu/packages/terminals.scm
parentd443199308a6451b8753cb1f4668b2a2d47af923 (diff)
downloadguix-78325fa8085279422053d7241fc93fcc7c558390.tar.gz
gnu: kmscon: Clarify synopsis, description, and supported systems.
* gnu/packages/terminals.scm (kmscon)[synopsis, description]: Clarify.
[supported-systems]: New field.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/terminals.scm')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
index 7837723e39..b6d99fda7a 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/terminals.scm
@@ -41,7 +41,8 @@
   #:use-module (gnu packages ncurses)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gtk)
   #:use-module (gnu packages gnome)
-  #:use-module (gnu packages xdisorg))
+  #:use-module (gnu packages xdisorg)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-26))
 
 (define-public tilda
   (package
@@ -217,10 +218,13 @@ compatibility to existing emulators like xterm, gnome-terminal, konsole, etc.")
        ("mesa" ,mesa)
        ("pango" ,pango)
        ("udev" ,eudev)))
-    (synopsis "Simple terminal emulator")
-    (description "Kmscon is a simple terminal emulator based on linux kernel
-mode setting (KMS).  It is an attempt to replace the in-kernel VT implementation
-with a userspace console.  See kmscon(1) man-page for usage information.")
+    (synopsis "Linux KMS-based terminal emulator")
+    (description "Kmscon is a terminal emulator based on Linux's @dfn{kernel
+mode setting} (KMS).  It can replace the in-kernel virtual terminal (VT)
+implementation with a user-space console.  Compared to the Linux console,
+kmscon provides enhanced features including XKB-compatible internationalized
+keyboard support, UTF-8 input/font support, hardware-accelerated rendering,
+multi-seat support, a replacement for @command{mingetty}, and more.")
     (home-page "https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/kmscon")
     ;; Hash table implementation is lgpl2.1+ licensed.
     ;; The wcwidth implementation in external/wcwidth.{h,c} uses a license
@@ -229,4 +233,7 @@ with a userspace console.  See kmscon(1) man-page for usage information.")
     ;; under the bsd 2 license.
     ;; Unifont-Font is from http://unifoundry.com/unifont.html and licensed
     ;; under the terms of the GNU GPL.
-    (license (list license:expat license:lgpl2.1+ license:bsd-2 license:gpl2+))))
+    (license (list license:expat license:lgpl2.1+ license:bsd-2
+                   license:gpl2+))
+    (supported-systems (filter (cut string-suffix? "-linux" <>)
+                               %supported-systems))))