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Subject: Re: Disgusting kernel hack
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Date: Wed, 7-Mar-84 18:55:46 EST
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	From: brian beattie <decvax!ucbvax!beattie@mitre-gateway.ARPA>
	What about lines longer than the terminal width.

	"stty line 80" may not work due to control chars.
	unless you want "more" in the kernel with the reading
	of /etc/termcap and all you will always end up with
	either a partial solution or will be able to handle
	only one type of terminal.

	beattie@mitre

And what about whether a terminal wraps or not? I'll stick with the traditional
Unix definition of a line - a sequence of characters terminated by a \n.
Much more elegant. (And much better than systems like VMS or TOPS-10 with their
commands like SET TERM/VT100 !!!)

John Owens