Hi Henry,

> And what's about real broadcast messages ? I hate it if any silly
> program like "write", "comsat", "talk" etc. writes into my tty device,
> especially when I am using a text editor.

use "mesg n".

You can even do s.th. of the same effect in .exrc to prevent the vi
screen of getting messed up.

You don't have such problems, of course, with X Window System.

Regards,
	Ignatios
	Ignatios Souvatzis