(I'm copying so much text because the original didn't make it to
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Helge Hafting <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 09/15/98
>at 10:08 AM, Daniel Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>
> >"Paul M. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> [...]
> >> 2) Is there
"Paul M. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> In my case, it isn't a problem, since it is a single user machine on a
> network, with my wife running Win95 on the other machine. But I see the
> point. So presumably, if someone could write something to /dev/vcsa*, it
> would show up on my screen. H
On Tue, 15 Sep 1998, Daniel Martin wrote:
> "Paul M. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Debs:
>
> > Two questions:
> >
> > 1) Is this a dangerous thing (I know of no other Linux editors that
> > access the terminal this way)?
> Accessing the terminal in this way? In itself no; in fact
"Paul M. Foster" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Debs:
> Two questions:
>
> 1) Is this a dangerous thing (I know of no other Linux editors that
> access the terminal this way)?
Accessing the terminal in this way? In itself no; in fact, if all
access is done through /dev/vcsa*, there's not the cha
Debs:
I'm testing out the fte editor included in Debian 2.0. It does an odd
thing: I runs in some sort of "raw" mode, and needs r/w access to
/dev/vcsa* devices. One of the effects is that you can't hit Alt-Fn to get
to a different console; you have to hit Ctrl-Alt-Fn inste
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