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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.windows.x.i386unix
Subject: Re: X windows : ioctl problems with xterm
Date: 19 Feb 1996 00:57:32 GMT
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craig@progroup.com (Craig Shaver) writes:

>   I am not sure just what BSD4.3 COMPAT entails.  Can anyone
> tell me precisely what this option does?

Basically, it includes the code to also accept sgtty-style terminal
control.

Posix-style terminal control is always there.

-- 
cheers, J"org

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