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From: "rob pike" <rob@pla...>
Subject: Re: [9fans] Why rio instead of 8 1/2
Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 09:01:44 -0400

> Why acme lets the /dev/consctl unwrite(read)able?
If you were turn turn echo off in acme `win' sessions, it would be impossible
to type input to programs, since win reads its input by extracting the visible
characters from the frame.

-rob