Re: NcFTP Feature Request for "getline" (fwd)

2002-04-05 Thread Hack Kampbjørn
Charles Wilson wrote: > > The interesting thing is, as of 3.1.2 and 3.1.3, cygwin ncftp uses the > readline library for terminal handling -- just like bash does. Prior to > 3.1.2, cygwin ncftp used the home-grown termhandling stuff internal to > the ncftp codebase. You'd think that would be an

Re: NcFTP Feature Request for "getline" (fwd)

2002-04-02 Thread Charles Wilson
The interesting thing is, as of 3.1.2 and 3.1.3, cygwin ncftp uses the readline library for terminal handling -- just like bash does. Prior to 3.1.2, cygwin ncftp used the home-grown termhandling stuff internal to the ncftp codebase. You'd think that would be an improvement -- and that it wo

Re: NcFTP Feature Request for "getline" (fwd)

2002-04-02 Thread Alan Dobkin
Charles, Thanks for taking the time to respond to this issue, but it seems you may have missed my original message (which was attached to the one you responded to and is also included below). I am aware that quotes can be used as a workaround to this problem - but IMO, The Right Thing To Do

Re: NcFTP Feature Request for "getline" (fwd)

2002-04-02 Thread Charles Wilson
I can't reproduce this the way you see it. OTOH, I understand your problem, and the short answer is: use " character. ncftp> open "R U should do what you want. On cygwin, using rxvt (TERM=rxvt) or dosbox (TERM=cygwin), I get: ncftp> open neurorcn ncftp> open two tabs, and I get ncftp

NcFTP Feature Request for "getline" (fwd)

2002-04-02 Thread Alan Dobkin
I am resending the attached request as it still applies to NcFTP 3.1.3. I am copying the Cygwin list, because I've noticed a related bug in the current Cygwin version. Consider an example with only the following two bookmarks: RedHat Linux --> FTP.RedHat.Com RedHat Updates --> Updates.RedHa