Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!mcvax!ukc!warwick!cudcv From: cudcv@warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: stuff chars Message-ID: <186@sol.warwick.ac.uk> Date: Thu, 11-Dec-86 05:53:49 EST Article-I.D.: sol.186 Posted: Thu Dec 11 05:53:49 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Dec-86 04:52:18 EST References: <19@houligan.UUCP> <2270@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU> <104@quacky.UUCP> <775@wjvax.wjvax.UUCP> Reply-To: cudcv@sol.warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) Organization: Computing Services, Warwick University, UK Lines: 23 munch >In article <104@quacky.UUCP> dce@quacky.UUCP (David Elliott) writes: >> ... If you type ^Z, you stop now and lose the input you typed >>ahead. If you type :stop, you will enter vi and stop. Loss of typeahead >>can really be a pain (this makes the Apollo Domain/IX version of vi, >>and some of the nicer shell line editors not worth using). >> >>I have never found a way to change the handling of signals such that >>input is not flushed. I tried to reply, but ... What about stty noflsh ? -- UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!warwick!cudcv JANET: cudcv@uk.ac.warwick.daisy ARPA: cudcv@daisy.warwick.ac.uk PHONE: +44 203 523037 Rob McMahon, Computer Unit, Warwick University, Coventry CV4 7AL, England