Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 19:42:36 -0400 From: Thomas Dickey <dickey@radix.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: suggestion for /usr/src/UPDATING Message-ID: <20040904234235.GA16258@saltmine.radix.net> In-Reply-To: <20040905001820.A47048@intserv.int1.b.intern> References: <20040830135311.11040.qmail@web50603.mail.yahoo.com> <20040830163106.GA19044@dragon.nuxi.com> <20040830210817.GB749@galgenberg.net> <xzpu0uj901x.fsf@dwp.des.no> <DE9F7CE6-FB86-11D8-B6F3-003065A20588@mac.com> <20040831195329.GB21995@odin.ac.hmc.edu> <2F14AAB9-FB8B-11D8-B6F3-003065A20588@mac.com> <1093986646.4466.8.camel@amon.quaggaspace.org> <20040903142432.GA27464@SDF.LONESTAR.ORG> <20040905001820.A47048@intserv.int1.b.intern>
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--7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, Sep 05, 2004 at 12:18:20AM +0200, Holger Kipp wrote: =20 > Arrow keys are not a very good idea (tm) if you have a slow network or > other network problems. You don't want to use them. Especially if you > have to update a system remotely. If you're concerned about that, using printable characters as controls is not much of an improvement, since you can still get interesting problems with typeahead. Using control keys helps in that regard. --=20 Thomas E. Dickey http://invisible-island.net ftp://invisible-island.net --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQFBOlLdtIqByHxlDocRAjeBAJ9sMEo2H7wxtCJuZCoWdTjAchYH+gCfUvGI 5guEd60hAKDB0jzAmKmv4+I= =BttQ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --7JfCtLOvnd9MIVvH--
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