lindy@SU-SHASTA.ARPA (10/22/84)
From: olympus!lindy (John Lindquist) <olympus!lindy@SU-SHASTA.ARPA> #2 pencil respondents, Thank you for answering the 2 questions I sent out. Out of the "billions and billions of ..." [sic] people out there, I got 10 responses. At first glance through the replies, It appears that each one of you who responded have absolutely no common ground. However, taking a closer look, there is quite a lot of common ground for the answers to question #1. Answers to question #2 wax and wane a bit more philosophical. The general consensus for `What Berkeley tty modes do you use' seems to be for `new' and `crt'. That gives the following settings: use Use the new tty driver. crt crtbs echo backspaces on erase chars ctlecho Echo control characters as `^x'. Print 2 backspaces following the EOT character. crterase Wipe out erased characters as backspace-space-backspace. crtkill Wipe out input on a line kill ala crterase. The general consensus for 'Why have Job Control if you have windows....' is best represented by the following paragraph: Windows allow you to change the context you are working in. Job control allows you to manipulate the processes in the current context. Yes, a bit of an over simplification but it is the essence. However, back to reality, everyone had problems with windows because they seem to be such a resource drain. My complements to the winner of the DUMB SHIT reply award: 'F**K ttys!!!!!' Thanks again, -lindy John Lindquist (Silicon Graphics Inc.) ucbvax!olympus!lindy