Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!emory!ra!Ra.MsState.Edu!fwp1 From: fwp1@CC.MsState.Edu (Frank Peters) Newsgroups: comp.windows.open-look Subject: Re: Cmdtool stty problems Message-ID: Date: 25 Feb 91 14:44:51 GMT References: <1991Feb11.091407.27845@cbnewse.att.com> <1991Feb14.093919@Unify.com> <6854@ecs.soton.ac.uk> Sender: usenet@ra.MsState.Edu Organization: Computing Center, Mississippi State University Lines: 33 Nntp-Posting-Host: jester.cc.msstate.edu In-reply-to: barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com's message of 25 Feb 91 14:16:26 GMT : On 25 Feb 91 14:16:26 GMT, barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) said: In article barnett@grymoire.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) writes: > In article <6854@ecs.soton.ac.uk> djp@ecs.soton.ac.uk (David Pritchard) writes: >> Even though we, too, like the sexy scrollbars, we have so much stuff which >> just will not work with cmdtool (or shelltool) that we are on the point of >> abandoning xview and going back to vanilla X11 :-( > Don't forget that cmdtool allows you to use the mouse to edit the > command line. This is the real problem, because the terminal is > trying to emulate cbreak mode (not vt100 mode). > If xterm tried to provide the same functionality, it would have > similar problems. Hmmm...bash and ksh and tcsh and other shells that allow command line editing (using..you guessed it..cbreak mode) work just fine in xterms. These same programs don't work properly in cmdtool. Hos does adding mouse control influence that? > IMHO, Both xterm and cmdtool need work. No argument there Frank -- Frank Peters Internet: fwp1@CC.MsState.Edu Bitnet: FWP1@MsState Phone: (601)325-2942 FAX: (601)325-8921