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Subject: termcap, flow control, emacs
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Date: Sun, 19-Jul-87 23:57:00 EDT
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> [...]
> Doesn't this make the emacs commandset one of these "ancient protocols"?
Yes, but I think there is a distinction between user-interface commands and
communication protocols.  The canonical use of ^S as a user-generated pause
command such as is built-in to CP/M is most likely just a result of people
who were used to typing the low-level flow control characters when using
serially-connected terminals.  Anyway, it's all just the facts of life now;
we can only hope to remember the confusion it all caused when designing new
systems.

	Happy hacking!

						-=] Mike "Ford" Ditto [=-
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