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From: lew@gsg.UUCP (Paul Lew)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Character echo at read time
Keywords: echo tty device driver line discipline
Message-ID: <234@gsg.UUCP>
Date: 5 Sep 88 20:10:39 GMT
Reply-To: lew@gsg.UUCP (Paul Lew)
Followup-To: comp.unix.wizards
Organization: General Systems Group, Salem, NH
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[background for new reader]:

     * Most Unix systems echo input characters as soon as one types.
       It makes you see what you type but the output may not be 'pretty'.

     * VMS and DOS defer the echoing until the shell is ready to read next
       command.  You can get cleaner listing files this way but you better
       know what you typed.

     * It is a trade-off between these 2 methods

[my 2 cents]:

One way to solve this problem can be found in today's windowing systems which
separate input editing window from output window and you will not have this
problem.
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Paul Lew			{oliveb,harvard,decvax}!gsg!lew	(UUCP)
General Systems Group, 5 Manor Parkway, Salem, NH 03079	(603) 893-1000