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- Submitted-by: mjs@s4mjs.uucp (M. J. Shannon Jr.)
-
- In article <1991Nov29.205021.1463@uunet.uu.net> gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) writes:
- >Basically, it was one of numerous tty handler capabilities provided by
- >the standard implementation on which the 1003.1 specification was based;
- >there are several of these (ioctl bits) that aren't widely useful; if
- >they don't meet your needs then you should feel free to not use them.
-
- Yes, I find particularly amusing the CS5 and CS6 character sizes. Is
- there a currently manufactured *anything* that supports (or, Goddess
- forbid, *requires*) 5-bit characters? (Yes, I know the ancient Baudot
- code is a 5-bit code. Alas, I am old enough to have hacked such a
- beast (but I was only 2 years old at the time :-)).
-
- >Generally, the interface bit rate, framing, parity, etc. should not be
- >altered by applications; they should be left exactly as established by
- >the system agent that established the tty port connection.
-
- And the interface parameters should probably have been separated from
- the character interpretation parameters, but, again, standards are
- funny that way....
-
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- Volume-Number: Volume 26, Number 27
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