[comp.os.vms] SMG and broadcasts

norman@husc7.HARVARD.EDU (John Norman) (05/31/88)

I want SMG to be able to do the following:

Be inputting text with SMG$READ_COMPOSED_LINE (i.e., no terminator
typed yet), receive a broadcast, put it in another display, and continue
inputting on the current line; that line repainted as necessary.

At present, I notice that the control T (for instance) is processed
only when a terminator is finally typed into the SMG$READ_COMPOSED_LINE.
This seems very weird to me.  I don't want to read keystrokes, as
I want to take advantage of the recall buffer, etc., with SMG$READ_COMPOSED_
LINE.  How do I do it?

And another thing.  The VT200 line-editing keys don't seem to work
with SMG$READ_COMPOSED_LINE; only the control versions.

norman@husc7.harvard.edu