Re: RFC: Illegal Characters in File Names

[Jan Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>]

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On Wed, Jul 21, 2004 at 12:41:25 -0400, Guy wrote:
> No, the claim was to disable control codes processed my the terminal.  That
> would disable the cursor control and more.  Cursor control is the ability to
> have the software control the screen and cursor.  Without cursor controls,
> no screen editors.  No comments about disabling data from the terminal.  So
> you can use all the function keys you want.

No, it was not. The claim was to disable terminal reporting back it's
position on request. Such request-response escape sequences only exist
on some terminals and are not needed anyway.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan-Benedict Glaw [mailto:jbglaw@lug-owl.de] 
> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 12:27 PM
> To: Guy
> Cc: 'Jan Hudec'; viro@parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk; 'Bryan Henderson';
> linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org; 'Joseph D. Wagner'
> Subject: Re: RFC: Illegal Characters in File Names
> 
> On Wed, 2004-07-21 11:30:44 -0400, Guy <bugzilla@watkins-home.com>
> wrote in message <200407211530.i6LFUi322033@watkins-home.com>:
> > What does cursor keys have to do with the conversation?
> > Please re-read the post this is based on.
> 
> The claim was that vi cannot be used without cursor keys. But that's not
> true.
> 
> > > So, I guess using a screen editor is out!  No cursor control!  Can't use
> > vi
> > > anymore.  Everyone must hack their terminals and/or terminal emulators
> to
> 
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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@ucw.cz>

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