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From: Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr>
Date: 03 Jun 1997 06:05:36 +0200
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Gary.Foster@Corp.Sun.COM (Gary D. Foster) writes:

> Done...
> Done...
> Done

Don't rush it, please. :-)  These things are very dependent on the
later ones, especially in section #3.

> > 2) Running under TTY-s
> 
> Haven't touched this yet, waiting for the dust to settle on X mode
> before I hack ttys.  (small steps, small steps).  I think the lack of
> a general hue and cry with b3 has shown that the X mode changes are at
> least on track, so I'll be delving into the scary TTY world shortly.

Linus Torvalds has suggested exporting the whole termios structure
(i.e. the relevant parts of it) to Lisp.

> Not sure what you mean by "implemented in terms of `define-key'"

I mean that it would be well for things to work without additional
hooks and variables.  We could either somehow make the `delete' and
`backspace' keysyms do the right things, or create virtual bindings,
or create some other sorts of key-maps.

Your solution adds a hook, if I remember correctly.  While you may
like that solution, it is not in my category of good implementation.

Remember, this is only my personal list of things I'd like to see.
Your solution is still not close to it, especially with TTY handling.

-- 
Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> | Student at FER Zagreb, Croatia
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