Subject: Re: TTYs and 7E1
To: Scott Reynolds <scottr@edsi.org>
From: Greg A. Woods <woods@kuma.web.net>
List: current-users
Date: 10/04/1995 22:42:46
[ On Thu, September 28, 1995 at 22:09:34 (-0500), Scott Reynolds wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: TTYs and 7E1
>
> BTW, I've historically been infuriated on a regular basis by sgtty. It's
> not that it's just NetBSD that acts this way. Also, it's not like
> there's much software that doesn't support termios these days. The whole
> issue is sticky enough that I'd rather leave the burden on the developers
> to update their software to something relatively modern. The termios
> interface isn't exactly on the cutting edge anymore...
Since sgtty() is a deprecated interface, perhaps we should leave it as
it is on the principle of least surprise and all that....
I think it's a little late to "fix" history....
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