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From: guy@gorodish.Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: Input Line Editing
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Date: 15 Jul 88 18:41:42 GMT
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> However, they point out the critical failing of the whole thing -- they
> require a specific action on the part of the end user -- if they forget
> to run the CRTSTY program their terminal is not supported.

"Critical"?  Nope.  That's a minor nit at worst; being obliged to run some
special program in your ".profile" sure beats the hell out of
stuffing more hard-to-replace (and hard-to-page-out, in many implementations)
poop into the kernel.