Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!cornell!batcomputer!rpi!crdgw1!crdgw1.ge.com!barnett From: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Unix Type-ahead problem Message-ID: <379@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Date: 11 May 89 14:24:56 GMT References: <810053@hpsemc.HP.COM> <677@maxim.erbe.se> Sender: news@crdgw1.crd.ge.com Reply-To: barnett@crdgw1.crd.ge.com (Bruce Barnett) Organization: GE Corp. R & D, Schenectady, NY Lines: 17 In-reply-to: prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) In article <677@maxim.erbe.se>, prc@erbe (Robert Claeson) writes: >In article <810053@hpsemc.HP.COM>, gph@hpsemc.HP.COM (Paul Houtz) writes: > >> Do all unix systems echo the characters to the screen no matter what >> is going on as you type them? I have only worked on one type. > >Yes, unless echo is disabled by you or the command you're currently running. If the line you are typing is interrupted by the output from some command, you could try Control-R to refresh the line. I must admit that I like seeing the line I am typing in, and can type ahead without worrying about typo's. -- Bruce G. Barnett a.k.a. uunet!steinmetz!barnett,