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Re: LUGNet Chat
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lugnet.admin.general
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Fri, 9 Oct 1998 22:24:35 GMT
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MATTDM@MATTDM.ORGnospam
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Alex Wetmore <alex@phred.org> wrote:
> Talkers of the type which you are talking about are very hard to use unless
> you use a special telnet client such as tinyfugue. Without one incoming
> talk lines will show up in the middle of what you are typing.
That's not true. Linemode is a standard telnet option and should be
supported by any good telnet client. See RFC #1184.
A lot of places don't use this so that you don't have to press enter after
every command. Which is generally a poor tradeoff.
--
Matthew Miller ---> mattdm@mattdm.org
Quotes 'R' Us ---> http://quotes-r-us.org/
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| Matthew Miller <mattdm@mattdm.org> wrote in message slrn71t391.8c1.mattd....bu.edu... (...) unless (...) Yes, I know this. But using standard telnet with a talk system in linemode means that other peoples text will interrupt your typing. I (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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| Richard Franks <richard@__no_spam_p...pider.com> wrote in message 361D3CC9.3F87@__no_s...der.com... (...) heyday (...) Talkers of the type which you are talking about are very hard to use unless you use a special telnet client such as tinyfugue. (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.admin.general)
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