Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!wivax!decvax!decwrl!flairvax!ellis From: ellis@flairvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: raw/cooked single char i/o Message-ID: <135@flairvax.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Jun-83 15:43:00 EDT Article-I.D.: flairvax.135 Posted: Wed Jun 15 15:43:00 1983 Date-Received: Thu, 16-Jun-83 21:18:15 EDT References: sri-arpa.2119 Lines: 15 While we're on this topic, does anyone out there have any idea how to switch back & forth between 7-bit & 8-bit character input modes WITHOUT flushing queued input characters ? Currently, switching to RAW mode is the only way to get all 8 bits, and doing this (even if you use TIOCSETN) causes input flushing. This is all for a program that reads from a keyboard with a META-shift key (which sets the 'parity' bit) and then executes programs expecting the normal UNIX tty environment. Currently, all type-ahead is lost. I realize that several kernel mods would be required to do what I want.. Michael Ellis - Fairchild AI Lab - Palo Alto CA - (415) 858 4270