From: Warner Losh (imp@boulder.parcplace.com)
Date: 08/01/93


From: imp@boulder.parcplace.com (Warner Losh)
Subject: Re: [PATCH] CTRL-T status line patch for 0.99.pl11
Date: Mon, 2 Aug 1993 00:29:55 GMT

In article <1993Aug1.231753.11812@mel.dit.csiro.au>
smart@koel.mel.dit.CSIRO.AU (Robert Smart) writes:
>This is handled by job control in unix:
>you can CTRL-Z and bg the job and then watch it. CTRL-T would be easier
>though.

But if your shell can't give you enough time to finish the ^Z, you
don't know if the system is hung, or just very slow. ^T seems to give
a faster feedback time.

Warner

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