uucp@tmsoft.uucp (0000-uucp(0000)) (03/09/89)
(that's me) has a question for you/unix unanimous group.
1. I've, successfully it appears (much to my own surprise)
hacked SCO 386-Xenix's dialer program to do a call to
an online service and complete a transaction. In the
process of doing this, I've discovered ioctl(...) and
the XENIX struct termio { } thing containing bit-controls
for input, output, control modes, line discipline, etc.
Now, my question is, having set the local mode to ECHO,
as I though I needed it, why I received a whole string
of ^G's back -- screenfuls in fact. I now understand
that ECHO should be off and is and the damn thing works,
but now I'm just curious about what ECHo really is for.
Comments?
2. Do I spoil the surprise or spontenaity when I mail my
questions like this? Should I save them for the meeting?
Who, in fact, is getting this group?
(Sorry, not "group", mailing list?)