Character echo at read time

[Paul Lew]

[background for new reader]:

     * Most Unix systems echo input characters as soon as one types.
       It makes you see what you type but the output may not be 'pretty'.

     * VMS and DOS defer the echoing until the shell is ready to read next
       command.  You can get cleaner listing files this way but you better
       know what you typed.

     * It is a trade-off between these 2 methods

[my 2 cents]:

One way to solve this problem can be found in today's windowing systems which
separate input editing window from output window and you will not have this
problem.
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