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Re: A different approach to PROMPT_CR

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From: Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: zsh-workers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Zsh hackers list)
Subject: Re: A different approach to PROMPT_CR
Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 21:47:38 +0100
In-reply-to: ""Bart Schaefer""'s message of "Sat, 26 Aug 2000 22:27:00 -0000." <1000826222700.ZM13743@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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"Bart Schaefer" wrote:
> It might be nice if "read -t -k 0" simply returned 0 if there's pending
> input and 1 otherwise, without reading anything.  Right now, -k 0 is
> treated the same as -k 1 (read always reads at least one byte).

Yes, but I had to make it read a character as a last resort since on cygwin
checking for pending input didn't work.  Somebody will have to find a way
of making this work everywhere.  While there about it, they could also find
a way of making the read time out on all systems, which was the other thing
I tried to do.

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Peter Stephenson <pws@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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References:
- Re: A different approach to PROMPT_CR
  - From: Bart Schaefer

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