Try the

tty

command. You need to connect the shell to a pseudotty. This should also fix the rc echo problem.

On Jan 14, 2014, at 4:26 PM, Tom Lieber <alltom@gmail.com> wrote:

> It seemed like it could be fun and educational, so I started making a 9-like terminal for OS X using the native text widget:
> 
>   https://github.com/alltom/coolterm
> 
> But there are 2 things I’ve had trouble figuring out on my own:
> 
> 1) Why do programs like ‘python’ show a prompt in 9term but not in my terminal?
> 
> 2) Why does bash write your command to stdout? Why doesn’t rc? I use bash, so I made it erase the command you typed when you press enter, but that appears to be the wrong thing to do with rc.
> 
> There’s other stuff in BUGS.md but I feel more confident about those things. :)
> 
> -- 
> Tom Lieber
> http://AllTom.com/
> http://infinite-sketchpad.com/