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From: paul@trlamct.trl.oz.au (Paul Elliott)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look
Subject: Re: Cmdtool stty problems
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Date: 21 Feb 91 22:46:07 GMT
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From article <1991Feb14.093919@Unify.com>, by grp@Unify.com (Greg Pasquariello):
> In article <1991Feb11.091407.27845@cbnewse.att.com>, jcd@spock.att.com (Jack
> Dixon) writes:
> I'm running Openwindows 2.0 on a Sparcstation 2 running SunOS 4.1.1, and
> I`m having problems with the cmdtool.  For example, if I tip cua1 to
> my modem I am unable to send any CRs or LFs.  Or if I do a tail -f on
> a file I am unable to interrupt out and I have to send ^\ to get tail
> to core dump and release.  I should mention that nothing weird like this
> happens if I use an xterm instead.  (Hey, I like the openlook scrollbars,
> ok?!)  I'll list my stty settings below in case that would help someone
> spot the problem.
>

I have noticed the same problem with SunOS 4.0.3 and 4.1 on a Sun 3.

It appears that tip does not like the scrolling feature of a cmdtool.

tip works fine in a cmdtool if you disable scrolling.

Paul Elliott.	AI Systems	Telecom Australia Research Labs
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