From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
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Subject:	Re: scrolling shell output
Date:	3 Apr 2000 16:52:13 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
> On 29 Mar 2000 broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de wrote:

>> DJGPP Bash uses direct hardware access, AFAIK
[... I 'knew' wrongly...]

> More precisely, Bash uses termios functions, and it's termios that
> calls Int 29h.

OK, so that means all that's need to get a 'scrollable' Bash in an
appropriate environment (like Cygwin xterm or rxvt should be), would
be to have that termios support check the 'TERM' environment, and if
it's "ansi", "xterm" or something like that, output raw escape
sequences instead of calling the BIOS itself.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.

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