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Subject: Re: Porting TCSH to RS/6000 w/ AIX 3
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Date: 9 Oct 90 15:01:44 GMT
References: <1990Oct8.185748.15133@oswego.Oswego.EDU> <1990Oct9.052828.11184@panews>
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In article <1990Oct9.052828.11184@panews> steve@ibmsupt.UUCP (Steve DeJarnett) writes:
>In article <1990Oct8.185748.15133@oswego.Oswego.EDU> stjohn@penelope.Oswego.EDU (Dave St. John) writes:
>>I am trying to get tcsh to run under AIX version 3. I am compiling with the
>>BSD compatible libraries and defining things BSDish but when I run the shell
>>input is all messed up. I type in the command ls and have to press return 
>>several times to get the command to appear and execute.
>
>	Probably something like 4 times per input line, right??  Actually, I 
>think it's any 4 characters, but return is always the most common candidate.
>
    This is because in the tty driver the (default) VMIN is set to 4
    characters.  You can change this in the program to 1 using the 
    termios interface.  Or, you can call the help line and ask for
    the fix for ix11259.  They (the help line) should be able to
    help you out.

    Rich Coe


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