Type-ahead in unix

[Richard Tobin]

In article <-Q=_Y$_ at warwick.ac.uk> cudcv at warwick.ac.uk (Rob McMahon) writes:
>On a constructive note, I used to quite like the Burroughs MCP/CANDE approach
>of holding up output while you were half-way through an input line, allowing
>you to see and edit the line you were typing, and then releasing it when you
>hit return, until you had typed the first character of the next line.

This can be a pain if you've inadvertently typed something - you're
left wondering where the output's gone.  It's particularly annoying
if you make the mistake RSX-11 made and don't release the output if
the user deletes the input.  It would also be good to have a way of
releasing the output without hitting return or losing the input.

-- Richard
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