Re: trying 0.5.96.1

[OKUJI Yoshinori]

  Hi Jeff,

From: Jeff Sheinberg <address@hidden>
Subject: trying 0.5.96.1
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2000 19:04:23 -0400 (EDT)

>     1. When run in batch mode, the echoing of long lines is
>     incorrect, this is probably related to the next issue.

  I intentionally ignored this, as I was tired from correctly
implementing string handling routines. If that's really annoying, I'll
fix that.

>     2. When run in interactive mode, the command editing uses a
>     truncate mode (like ksh), I find this difficult to work with,
>     I like to see the complete command that I am entering.

  As you know, the command-line interface has been switched to
single-line editing mode, for dumb terminal support. I understand what
you mean, but I don't want to work on this issue at the moment.

  When I was working on dumb terminal support, my original goal was to
manage both full-screen editing mode and single-line editing mode,
sharing most of the code, and turning on the single-line editing mode
only if the user uses a dumb terminal. But I soon realized that this
wouldn't be so easy. Thus, I had to choose either of implementing the
two features as two distinct functions, or having everyone to use only
the single-line editing mode. I concluded that the former would be
worse than the latter, since the code size of get_cmdline wasn't
negligible (>1KB), and it could be painful to maintain separate
functions for the same purpose.

  I'll revamp the interface some day, but please let me concentrate on
more critical issues.

Okuji