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- From: ujlh@pool.info.sunyit.edu (James Henrickson)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.linux
- Subject: Re: stderr buffering
- Message-ID: <1992Sep6.160930.23755@pool.info.sunyit.edu>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 16:09:30 GMT
- References: <Bu2sr4.Brv@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Organization: State University of New York -- Institute of Technology
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- In article <Bu2sr4.Brv@acsu.buffalo.edu> beers@acsu.buffalo.edu (Andrew Beers) writes:
- >
- >I just got the sc package from tsx-11. I press '?' for help, and the help
- >screen does not appear. After a few more keypresses, the help screen appears
- >and then quickly disappears.
- >
- >I have also noticed that when I press <ESC> to exit edit mode in vi, it can
- >take several seconds before the cursor will move back one space.
- >
- >I compiled the unit conversion program units, and noted that fprintf's not
- >ending with a carriage return were not immediately sent to the screen. All of
- >the fprintf's printed to stderr.
- >
- >It is my understanding that stderr should not be buffered at all. These three
- >cases lead me to believe that it is being buffered under Linux.
- >
- >System: 386sx/25, 4Meg, 0.96pl2 (have noticed it with earlier kernels, also).
- >
- >Any ideas on this problem?
-
- I haven't used this version, but I didn't have any problems with my own.
- It compiled out of the box, with just a couple #ifdef's, and the arrow keys
- worked correctly.
-
- --
- Jim H.
- *
- * James L. Henrickson
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