Re: [9front] rio consctl behaviour

[Silas McCroskey <inkswinc@gmail.com>]

I'm not sure going from one convention to two -- for the same file
endpoint -- is an improvement.

If we're leaving raw mode alone, I'd lean towards leaving hold mode
alone as well for that reason.

I don't see much issue with /rc/bin/hold, other than that it blanks
the file on-disk until you exit hold mode, which can lead to
surprising problems if you e.g. just close the window without exiting
hold mode. If your proposal would address that somehow, it might be
worth it, but otherwise I see this as a net drop in simplicity of
overall interface, for questionable gain.

- sam-d

On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 2:58 PM hiro <23hiro@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> i agree that for hold this doesn't make sense, but no idea if it's
> worth changing in case somebody's scripts break...
>
> On 6/2/20, umbraticus@prosimetrum.com <umbraticus@prosimetrum.com> wrote:
> > Thanks, eekee. That makes sense re raw mode at least.
> > Any problem removing the hold stuff, then, given that,
> > as you say, you can easily tell if you're in hold mode?
> >
> > umbraticus
> >