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From: nazgul@alphalpha.com (Kee Hinckley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: Re: DM-like editor under X11
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.160144.15813@alphalpha.com>
Date: 30 Apr 91 16:01:44 GMT
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In article <51443fc4.cb12@dabo.citi.umich.edu> rees@citi.umich.edu (Jim Rees) writes:
>2.  Correct ordering of input and output.  For example, if I type "sleep 4
><nl> echo foo <nl>" the output should look like this
>	% sleep 4
>	% echo foo
>	foo
>	%
>not like this
>	% sleep 4
>	echo foo
>	% foo
>	%
>
>I believe that at least feature no. 2 requires mods to the pty driver.

The Korn shell tries.  It lets you type ahead and see it, but then it displays
it all where it should be too.

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I'm not sure which upsets me more: that people are so unwilling to accept
responsibility for their own actions, or that they are so eager to regulate
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