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From: martin@adpplz.UUCP (Martin Golding)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Type-ahead in unix
Message-ID: <668@adpplz.UUCP>
Date: 3 Apr 91 19:38:02 GMT
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In <1991Apr2.163238.19367@colorado.edu> lewis@tramp.Colorado.EDU (LEWIS WILLIAM M JR) writes:

>What kind of type-ahead are you talking about?  All AT&T UNIX implementations
>support 255 character tyoe-ahead.

How about typeahead that doesn't echo in the middle of your output?
How about typeahead that can handle change of (say) backspace AFTER the
characters are typed but before they are read?
How about typeahead that gets processed EVEN IF you finish typing edit 
commands _before_ ksh starts a read?
How about typeahead for the password prompt?

Oh, that kind of typeahead. What do you think this is, a B***ness system?

Sorry, just one man's rants and raves...


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