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Date:      Tue, 12 Mar 1996 02:09:23 -0600 (CST)
From:      Gary Clark II <gclarkii@main.gbdata.com>
To:        nate@sri.MT.net (Nate Williams)
Cc:        root@buffnet.net, nate@sri.MT.net, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: typeahead
Message-ID:  <199603120809.CAA13117@main.gbdata.com>
In-Reply-To: <199603102059.NAA09654@rocky.sri.MT.net> from "Nate Williams" at Mar 10, 96 01:59:39 pm

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Nate Williams wrote:
> 
> > > > One of my users pointed out that the programs we run on freebsd (pine, 
> > > > tin, trn etc) dont behave as they do under sco in one basic respect.
> > > > 
> > > > There seems to be in sco a typeahead buffner, and not on the freebsd.
> > > 
> > > This is a bug in SCO's termio/termios implementation.  You aren't
> > > supposed to be able to type-ahead in raw mode. :(
> > 
> > I keeping finding 'bugs' in my sco implementation though that I wish I 
> > could introduce to freebsd! :)  Oh well.  Thank you.
> 
> If you want type-ahead, modify trn to not use raw mode.  Type-ahead was
> specifically designed out of trn for a purpose.  If you like type-ahead,
> redesign these programs to not use raw mode.
There is a command line switch to tell trn to not throw type-ahead out.
I use it at home...

> 
> 
> Nate
> 
> 


Gary




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