From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 6686 invoked from network); 22 Mar 1997 18:32:37 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 22 Mar 1997 18:32:37 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id NAA16633; Sat, 22 Mar 1997 13:26:43 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 13:26:43 -0500 (EST) From: "Bart Schaefer" Message-Id: <970322102744.ZM1129@candle.brasslantern.com> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 1997 10:27:44 -0800 In-Reply-To: Zoltan Hidvegi "Re: -L option for ttyctl" (Mar 22, 12:42pm) References: <199703221742.MAA00223@hzoli.home> Reply-To: schaefer@nbn.com X-Mailer: Z-Mail (4.0b.820 20aug96) To: Zoltan Hidvegi , zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Subject: Re: -L option for ttyctl MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Resent-Message-ID: <"5hoSi3.0.q34.ZH2Dp"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/3021 X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu On Mar 22, 12:42pm, Zoltan Hidvegi wrote: } } I still think that -L options should be changed to -p as required by POSIX. } These patches did not get into the baseline for exatly this reason. } Unfortunately -p is already used for other purposes by some builtins so it } would introduce incompatible changes :-(. Perhaps it's time for `emulate posix'. -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.nbn.com/people/lantern