Date: Tue, 7 Nov 1995 19:16:54 +0100 (MET) From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey) To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org (FreeBSD Hackers) Subject: Re: What happens to terminal settings on last close? Message-ID: <199511071816.TAA01088@allegro.lemis.de> In-Reply-To: <199511071800.FAA12937@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from "Bruce Evans" at Nov 8, 95 05:00:23 am
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Bruce Evans writes: > > >Subject: What happens to terminal settings on last close? > > The settings for some terminal devices (cy, dgb, si, sio) but not others > (sc, pcvt, rc, ity) are reset to defaults on first open. The > defaults are programmed into the corresponding initial state devices. > See sio.4. > > >This is different from the standard BSD behaviour, which leaves the > >terminal flags the way they are on the last close, but it's the same > >as System V behaviour. Is it intentional or accidental? What do you > >think it should do? > > It's intentional. It took a day or two to program and years to decide/ > agree on the best approach. OK, without reopening the can of worms, what's the reasoning? Greg
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