Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 20:03:39 -0400 From: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> To: Andrey Chernov <ache@nagual.pp.ru> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: retiring tty mode "EXTPROC" Message-ID: <20040612000339.D0F6020FB7@whizzo.transsys.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 12 Jun 2004 00:42:08 %2B0400." <20040611204207.GA6358@nagual.pp.ru> References: <72161.1086968510@critter.freebsd.dk> <20040611204207.GA6358@nagual.pp.ru>
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The telnet LINEMODE option (which is apparently implemented using EXTPROC in the tty driver) is used for more than X.25 emulation. For random (usually old) hosts that do not perform remote-echo of keystrokes, telnet linemode make interaction much more pleasent over long-delay paths. It used to be that even logging into a UNIX box could use the LINEMODE option when the remote tty was in cooked mode. louie
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