Date: Tue, 20 Oct 1998 22:25:56 -0500 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <jeff-ml@mountin.net> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, "Steve Friedrich" <SteveFriedrich@Hot-Shot.com>, "Studded" <Studded@gorean.org> Cc: "bugs@FreeBSD.ORG" <bugs@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: No terminal echo after certain commands Message-ID: <3.0.3.32.19981020222556.01047304@207.227.119.2> In-Reply-To: <4.1.19981020191142.06b355b0@mail.lariat.org> References: <199810210058.UAA30643@laker.net>
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At 07:15 PM 10/20/98 -0600, Brett Glass wrote: >At 08:57 PM 10/20/98 -0400, Steve Friedrich wrote: > >>It REALLY shouldn't be fixed. It is important to keep INTR handling to >>the minimum possible exit code possible. Adding "clean-up" code will >>add potential that programs will "hang" in this clean up code and INTR >>will no longer work all the time for that program. > >It's possible that anything programmed badly will hang. However, failure >to return the console to usability after a quick exit is not optional. >Otherwise, it does no good to make a quick exit. > >>This is all caused >>by someone who doesn't understand UNIX signals and what they were >>designed for. > >Sorry, but you're not only insulting but wrong. I've been using UNIX >since 1977. > >>I'd bet he is a current or former DOS or Winblows user >>who developed this bad habit there. Ala /p? >You're arguing ad hominem. Which is especially dangerous when you >have no idea whom you're talking about. > >Again, ANY way of interrupting a program shouldn't leave the >console unusable. Have you ever had a case where you absolutely *had* to ^C? Or ^T or ^Z? By now one should have found using 1 keystroke "q" easier than a combination "CTL-c". </facetious> Doug's point is along line that only a novice would try this and hopefully read the man page and learn about the "q" exit command. I agree in principle, but this also follow the "cat" thread a while back. Oddly enough there are many examples that cat files (not in a script) in the Handbook. At least it doesn't want escape-enter. ;) Jeff Mountin - Unix Systems TCP/IP networking jeff@mountin.net To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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