In order to get vt(4) a bit closer to the feature set provided by sc(4),

implement options TERMINAL_{KERN,NORM}_ATTR. These are aliased to
SC_{KERNEL_CONS,NORM}_ATTR and like these latter, allow to change the
default colors of normal and kernel text respectively.
Note on the naming: Although affecting the output of vt(4), technically
kern/subr_terminal.c is primarily concerned with changing default colors
so it would be inconsistent to term these options VT_{KERN,NORM}_ATTR.
Actually, if the architecture and abstraction of terminal+teken+vt would
be perfect, dev/vt/* wouldn't be touched by this commit at all.

Reviewed by:	emaste
MFC after:	3 days
Sponsored by:	Bally Wulff Games & Entertainment GmbH

1 files changed, 28 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man4/vt.4 b/share/man/man4/vt.4
index c7aa6f9..07f7868 100644
--- a/share/man/man4/vt.4
+++ b/share/man/man4/vt.4
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 .Nm vt
 .Nd virtual terminal console driver
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
+.Cd "options TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR=_attribute_"
+.Cd "options TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR=_attribute_"
 .Cd "options VT_MAXWINDOWS=N"
 .Cd "options VT_ALT_TO_ESC_HACK=1"
 .Cd "options VT_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE"
@@ -107,6 +109,15 @@ These kernel options control the
 .Nm
 driver.
 .Bl -tag -width MAXCONS
+.It Dv TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR=_attribute_
+.It Dv TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR=_attribute_
+These options allow to change the default colors used for normal and kernel
+text respectively.
+Available colors are defined in
+.In sys/terminal.h .
+See
+.Sx EXAMPLES
+below.
 .It Dv VT_MAXWINDOWS=N
 Set the number of virtual terminals to be created to
 .Fa N .
@@ -136,6 +147,8 @@ These options will be removed in a future
 version.
 .Bl -column -offset indent ".Sy vt VT_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE" ".Sy SC_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE"
 .It Sy vt Option Name Ta Sy sc Option Name
+.It Dv TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR Ta Dv SC_KERNEL_CONS_ATTR
+.It Dv TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR Ta Dv SC_NORM_ATTR
 .It Dv VT_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE Ta Dv SC_TWOBUTTON_MOUSE
 .It Dv VT_MAXWINDOWS Ta Dv MAXCONS
 .It none Ta Dv SC_NO_CUTPASTE
@@ -177,6 +190,21 @@ driver for the system console, if the
 .Xr syscons 4
 driver is also compiled in and is the default.
 .El
+.Sh EXAMPLES
+The following line will change the default color of normal text.
+Normal text will be green on black background.
+Reversed normal text will be black on green background.
+Note that you cannot put any white space inside the quoted string,
+because of the current implementation of
+.Xr config 8 .
+.Pp
+.Dl "options TERMINAL_NORM_ATTR=(FG_GREEN|BG_BLACK)"
+.Pp
+The following line will change the default color of kernel messages.
+Kernel messages will be printed bright red on black background.
+Reversed kernel messages will be black on bright red background.
+.Pp
+.Dl "options TERMINAL_KERN_ATTR=(FG_LIGHTRED|BG_BLACK)"
 .Sh FILES
 .Bl -tag -width /usr/share/syscons/keymaps/* -compact
 .It Pa /dev/console