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From: richard@islenet.UUCP (Richard Foulk)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Portable inter process communications.
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Date: Wed, 4-Nov-87 01:17:38 EST
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Posted: Wed Nov  4 01:17:38 1987
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>  
>      Barring that is there a method that will work on all SysV (V.2 V.3 ..)?
>      Or is there a method to intercept *all* output to a tty so that a useable 
> version of the VMS Phone utility may be written for Unix. Write's using "over"
> seems like a barbaric way for unix users to chat - a public-domain, full screen
> Phone would be much better.
> 

A small mod to write(1) to make it use cbreak (or whatever) mode is
much better than chat or talk or any of the others I've seen.  It's
simple and easy to follow, no over's or o-o's necessary.

The bsd talk(1) is cute but it's a pain to follow with the cursor
jumping back and forth.  And it's impossible to reconstruct the
conversation by looking at the screen.






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Richard Foulk		...{dual,vortex,ihnp4}!islenet!richard
Honolulu, Hawaii