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| author | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-09-09 00:01:19 +0200 |
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| committer | Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> | 2016-09-09 00:18:09 +0200 |
| commit | 78325fa8085279422053d7241fc93fcc7c558390 (patch) | |
| tree | 56240abb44252a52177c62781b0a10d34eb567a0 /gnu | |
| parent | d443199308a6451b8753cb1f4668b2a2d47af923 (diff) | |
| download | guix-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')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/terminals.scm | 19 |
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)))) |