Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caesar.cs.montana.edu!milton!uw-beaver!Teknowledge.COM!unix!hplabs!ucbvax!parc.xerox.com!janssen
From: janssen@parc.xerox.com (Bill Janssen)
Newsgroups: comp.soft-sys.andrew
Subject: Re: noecho bug on rlogin from typescript
Message-ID: <UZsknzwB0KGWQ_hdhK@holmes.parc.xerox.com>
Date: 21 Feb 90 21:49:51 GMT
References: <kZsgyIG0M2YtBNv2R7@thumper.bellcore.com>
Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU
Organization: The Internet
Lines: 25

Excerpts from andrew: 21-Feb-90 Re: noecho bug on rlogin fr.. Adam
Stoller@andrew.cmu. (420+0)

> I don't remember the exact command - as I've tended to use xterm's for
> running gdb in.


Excerpts from andrew: 21-Feb-90 Re: noecho bug on rlogin fr.. Nathaniel
Borenstein@thu (681)

> ...I have not recommended typescript to any one at Bellcore; my standard
> line is "if you're happy with xterm, stick with it."  Of course, most
> people here use the Korn shell, so this is reasonable advice.

> I suspect this will be a VERY hard bug to fix, knowing a little about
> how typescript works, but it is certainly a major bug.

Oh ye of little faith!  xterm -- bah, humbug.  I want an ALL-ANDREW
environment.

Actually, tm works just fine with gdb and rlogin, and I've switched to
using that instead.  It also makes me believe that the fix to typescript
cannot be all that hard.

Bill