command line editing and line length problems with serial port

[Mike Frysinger]

On Wednesday 28 June 2006 22:25, Rob Landley wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 June 2006 9:38 pm, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > On Wednesday 28 June 2006 12:19, Rob Landley wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 28 June 2006 11:02 am, Dave Bruce wrote:
> > > > I'm using busybox 1.00. I connect to the serial port of a TQM8260 via
> > > > a "console management switch". I telnet to that.  I've also tried a
> > > > direct serial connection with same results described below.
> > >
> > > Busybox currently has four command shells (1.3 should reduce that
> > > number a bit).  Which one are you using?  Can you reproduce your
> > > problem with one of the others?
> >
> > msh has this problem for sure, i just never got around to poking at it as
> > clearing the screen worked fine for me ;)
>
> But is the bug in the term program, in termios, or in vodz's old command
> line editing code?  I've had bash make lots of bad line drawing decisions
> over the past couple of years, and never figured out if it was the bash
> getline library or Konsole.

if i load up minicom/kermit in Konsole/Eterm and connect over serial to my 
board running msh, long lines get screwed up

if i telnet into the board using Konsole/Eterm, the long lines seem to work 
fine
-mike
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