Re: Paragraphs and vi

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From: Ian Collier
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 12:42

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In article <1992Oct6.183936.22069@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>, frechett@spot.Colorado.EDU (-=Runaway Daemon=-) wrote:
>                     The best way to avoid this problem all together
>is to put 'stty', 'tset', 'biff', and 'mesg' commands in your .login
>file which is only read when you login.  Assuming one is using a
>csh variant .cshrc is loaded every time you execute a command unless
>the '-f' flag of csh is used.

But some people might want "stty" or "tset" to be executed in every
(interactive) shell.  In a window system, for instance, only a small number
of the terminal characteristics are inherited from the console (OK, I admit
that you wouldn't often want to change the other ones).

Ian Collier
Ian.Collier@prg.ox.ac.uk | imc@ecs.ox.ac.uk

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From: imc@comlab.ox.ac.uk (Ian Collier)
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Subject: Re: Paragraphs and vi
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