2026-07-29 15:04 UTC
@fanf@mendeddrum.org Teletypes didn't have backspace. That's why the Unix TTY driver had (has?) a setting that makes it echo a backslash and then a copy of the deleted character.
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@hyc@mastodon.social 2026-07-29 16:17
@mjd@mathstodon.xyz @fanf@mendeddrum.org still there, `stty echoprt` and use a dumb shell (one that doesn't do input line editing) and you'll see it still.