John Korb wrote:
>
> I can see the usefulness of this enhancement request.  Keeping the command
> compatible with that of Reflection would be (in my opinion) the preferred
> implementation.
>
> The down side (trying to look at this from Wirt's perspective) would be
> that once there is one  ESC&oB and ESC&oF command implemented, there will
> likely be many more requested ("It's just ONE command.  Can't you put it in?").
>
> As far as migration from MPE/iX to HP-UX or Linux, based upon my own very
> limited HP-UX and Linux experiences, I would think that this enhancement
> would be MORE important when dealing with HP-UX or Linux ...

If you really want Linux compatibility, make it do VT and/or X
emulations (I'm just kidding about the X part, Wirt, that would be a
real waste of your valuable time).  But VT (as in DEC emulation, which
on second thought might be more important with the merger!) is a least
common denominator for most all *nix application *except* HPUX.

Jeff

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