Re: Xina output behaviour.

On Apr 26, 11:47=A0am, Robert Spykerman <robert.spyker...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
wrote:
> On Apr 26, 7:20 pm, morrimich...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
>
> > In most Forths that I have used, output is on the same line as the
> > input to the interpreter, but in Xina the output is on the next line.
> > For instance:
>
> > \ Most Forths:
> > 2 2 + . 4 ok
> > \ Xina
> > 2 2 + .
> > 4 ok
>
> > Is their anyway to make Xina output on the same line as it's input? I
> > don't mind having to edit the assembly source if that is what's
> > neccesary. Also, is their a way to get Mops to do this as well?
>
> > Thanks in advance.
>
> Hmm.. that's an interesting question.
>
> What you are seeing is the default behaviour of lina.
>
> I am still dissecting and piecing the source together in my head. Lina
> takes input from the console from stdin, (ie REFILL-TIB) and the
> carriage return you see (before the output and OK) , I believe stems
> from the cr you tap in as stdin is read via READ-FILE.
>
> I've looked thru' the source and I can't account for it in any other
> way at present.
>
> So to change this behaviour, I am not sure exactly what you can do
> about it, as yet.
>
> One possibility may be to flip some flags in the termio structure that
> sets up the terminal via the ioctl syscall. Maybe there might be a
> flag that could prevent the newline. I admit I am unsure about whether
> this will work, I do not know enough about this - still learning how
> linux/unixes are put together :)
>
> Albert van der Horst might be able to suggest something.
>
> If I find out I shall let you know, meanwhile if you find any thing
> else buggy let me know, there's a lot of work yet to be done. I still
> haven't found out why my fork =A0stuffed up :)
>
> Robert Spykerman

The only termio flag that I can find to effect the NL character causes
it to be echoed even with ECHO turned off, so it looks like I need to
turn the termio ECHO & ICANON flags off permanently then make the
input words manually echo characters.