Use addition tty instead of details plugin?

[Dr. Tilmann Bubeck]

Hey,

I am looking at the details plugin and its role if the user presses 
"Esc" during the boot process. If I get it right, then all boot messages 
are collected in a list (plugin->messages) and resent to the terminal 
whenever "details" gets activated.

If I press ESC, I can indeed see plymouth replay all messages from the 
boot process. Pressing ESC multiple times, will also replay the messages 
multiple times. I do not like this behaviour, because I think its slow 
and not nice to watch.

I wonder, if its possible to drop details and use a second tty for 
plymouth, so that the original tty from the boot messages is still 
available and used by the boot process. I think of something like 
"openvt -c 2 plymouthd" but hardcoded in main.c. On Esc we would simply 
switch between tty1 and tty2 without any need for buffering or reprinting.

If this possible and a good idea or do I oversee something?

Kind regards,
  Till

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