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From: guy@auspex.auspex.com (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer
Subject: Re: reading chars in raw mode with Ioctl .. How ?
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Date: 31 Oct 90 00:24:06 GMT
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>A much simpler way to guarantee that program X will not mess up your tty
>modes is to run it under pty. pty is totally transparent to job control,
>but will restore your tty modes properly on stop or exit.

Does it restore my screen as well?  I.e., if it's a full-screen program,
when I hit ^Z, will it either clear the screen or put the cursor at the
bottom of the screen, and when I continue the program will it redraw the
screen?

If not, I'm not interested.