> >that's a really cool idea. and emphasizing that one has to press enter
> >before the escape character should really be needed. (I didn't know this
> >existed until I began working on lsh) But a command-mode would be even
> >more useful.
>
> I think this would be useful too, but what the original ssh purpose was,
> and I think lsh should at least be aware of, is to be compatible with the
> Berkeley R* commands (rsh, rcp, rlogin). This is where the /n~ comes
> from.
>
> If you turn this into a "command" mode requiring additional
> keys (ala Kermit?) you will break lots of existing scripts that might
> depend on this capability (I've only ever once done such a thing, and
> would never do it again, esp with perl available).
>
> Just an FYI... You can of course make lsh into its own program and need
> not be restricted by the choice of others :)
what about a switch ? by default it'll be turned on when running on a tty,
off when stdin is a pipe. and of course it could be set from within the
configuration file, and a command-line option.
--- Bazsi
