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Conference 7.286::decterm

Title:	DECwindows Terminal Emulator
Notice:	Please enter QARs in the DECW-SSB database on TRIFID
Moderator:	HANNAH::ALFRED

Created:	Mon May 04 1987
Last Modified:	Tue Apr 15 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1868
Total number of notes:	10053

1868.0. "When is the pseudoterminal ready? (How did DECterm solve this)" by HYDRA::NEWMAN (Chuck Newman, 508/467-5499 (DTN 297), MRO1-3/F26) Wed Apr 02 1997 14:53

Cross posted in VMSnotes # 412

Quite a while ago, there was a problem with DECterms at creation time.

When the DECterm was created, there was a timing window where the user had to
leave the DECterm alone.  If they provided it with input too soon, loginout got
control of it, if I remember correctly.

What did the DECterm folk do to take care of this problem?

The reason I ask is that a software vendor is using pseudoterminals, and the
terminals ignore input for a short amount of time after the terminal is
created.  I'm suspecting that their problem is essentially the same thing
that DECterms had.

Any ideas?

								-- Chuck Newman

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1868.1		RDVAX::VONCAMPE		`Mon Apr 14 1997 23:52`	11
	Below is an answer from my husband Alfred, the last DECterm maintainer. >What did the DECterm folk do to take care of this problem? I don't have access to the code anymore, but we simply set a flag and then threw away any input characters received until a certain event occured (but I can't remember exactly what that was). A simple SEARCH through the sources should find it, though... Kristen

    Below is an answer from my husband Alfred, the last DECterm maintainer.

    >What did the DECterm folk do to take care of this problem?

    I don't have access to the code anymore, but we simply set a flag and
    then threw away any input characters received until a certain event
    occured (but I can't remember exactly what that was).  A simple SEARCH
    through the sources should find it, though...

    Kristen