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From: swa@mit-borax.arpa
Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards
Subject: Window Systems and Job Control
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Date: Fri, 4-Apr-86 16:18:54 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr  4 16:18:54 1986
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I'm writing this from the perspective of a 4.2 BSD user.
As I understand it, some people here are saying that job control is not
good because windows are so much better.

I haven't had the opportunity of  using a windowed unix environment, 
so I'm not going to touch the question of whether job control is
necessary GIVEN A NICE WINDOW SYSTEM.
I will say, though, that for those of us who do NOT have a window
system (I sometimes log in over hardcopy terminals, at work I use a
24-line heathkit terminal, at home I use a 16 line terminal) job
control offers a lot of functionality that systems without it don't
provide.  We will need job control until the last hardcopy terminal
dies, until the last 24 X 80 screen is is a museum.

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