From a1a5ba594ee4c49c5d52fedf738ce5c42824b15c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?UTF-8?q?Lo=C3=AFc=20Gr=C3=A9goire?= <loic@gregoire.dev>
Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:30:08 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] dev: add backspace to fbconsole

---
 src/dev/fbconsole.zig | 18 +++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/dev/fbconsole.zig b/src/dev/fbconsole.zig
index 4d6bbbe..2a68ff1 100644
--- a/src/dev/fbconsole.zig
+++ b/src/dev/fbconsole.zig
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+//! Very bad and slow framebuffer console.
 const r = @import("root");
 
 const pl = r.pl;
@@ -144,11 +145,26 @@ fn newline() void {
     }
 }
 
-fn write_char(c: u8) void {
+pub fn write_char(c: u8) void {
     if (font.width == 0 or font.height == 0 or content_w < font.width or visible_h < font.height) {
         return;
     }
 
+    // Backspace.
+    if (c == '\x08') {
+        if (cursor_x >= font.width) {
+            cursor_x -= font.width;
+            ensure_cursor_visible();
+            for (0..font.height) |row| {
+                const dst_y = content_y + cursor_y + row;
+                for (0..font.width) |col| {
+                    framebuffer[dst_y * framebuffer_width + content_x + cursor_x + col] = bg_color;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return;
+    }
+
     if (c == '\n') {
         newline();
     } else if (c == '\r') {