Message-Id: <199512021832.KAA09455@precipice.shockwave.com>
To: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.dialix.com>
Cc: committers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: Peter's handy hints, part 1.. :-) 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 02 Dec 1995 19:38:29 +0800."
             <Pine.BSF.3.91.951202193224.3098A-100000@jhome.DIALix.COM> 
Date: Sat, 02 Dec 1995 10:32:43 -0800
From: Paul Traina <pst@shockwave.com>

I hate to say it, but it's not the lousy international link... I get about a
1% packet drop between freefall and shockwave and we're both on barrnet.

Paul

  From: Peter Wemm <peter@jhome.DIALix.COM>
  Subject: Peter's handy hints, part 1.. :-)
  Here's a quick hint for people logging into freefall over lousy 
  international links....
  
  1: use telnet, not rlogin.
  2: turn off any line editing, eg: for tcsh, type "unset edit" or run 
  /bin/sh or /bin/csh instead.
  
  What this gets you, is telnet going into line mode.  You get to edit your 
  command lines with local echo, and the text is sent up to freefall only 
  when you press return.
  
  It doesn't help for vi, etc, but I find it takes longer to edit a botched 
  command line than it takes to type it from scratch, especially when it 
  takes 20 seconds to get character echo, versus instant local echo.
  
  Sadly, ssh and rlogin don't have line mode...
  
  I realise that a good number of people will be aware of this, but in case 
  you didn't.... try it out..  You may be suprised!
  
  -Peter