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From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net>
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Subject: Re: typeahead
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> > > 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.


Nate