Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-18 Thread enh via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 9:11 AM Dave Martin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 12, 2020 at 03:19:00PM +0200, Steffen Nurpmeso wrote: > > Joshua M. Clulow via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote in > > : > > |On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 at 01:33, Michael Kerrisk man-pages via > > |austin-group-l at The Open

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-12 Thread Thor Lancelot Simon via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:31:58AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > On 8/10/20 3:58 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 04:18:10PM -0700, Larry Dwyer via austin-group-l at > > The Open Group wrote: > >> How about the "control"

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-12 Thread Steffen Nurpmeso via austin-group-l at The Open Group
Joshua M. Clulow via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote in : |On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 at 01:33, Michael Kerrisk man-pages via |austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: |> On 8/9/20 1:18 AM, Larry Dwyer via Libc-alpha wrote: |>> How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-11 Thread Joshua M. Clulow via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On Tue, 11 Aug 2020 at 01:33, Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > On 8/9/20 1:18 AM, Larry Dwyer via Libc-alpha wrote: > > How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the paired > > device files)? > > Thanks for the suggestion. As far as I'm

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-11 Thread Michael Kerrisk via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 1:51 PM Thor Lancelot Simon via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:31:58AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > > On 8/10/20 3:58 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > > > On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 04:18:10PM -0700, Larry Dwyer via

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-11 Thread Thor Lancelot Simon via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 10:31:58AM +0200, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote: > On 8/10/20 3:58 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > > On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 04:18:10PM -0700, Larry Dwyer via austin-group-l at > > The Open Group wrote: > >> How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-11 Thread Dirk Fieldhouse via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On 09/08/20 00:18, Larry Dwyer via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the paired device files)? All good -- until abused partners ("coercive control") or people imminently expected to die, and their supporters, start a clamour. In

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-11 Thread Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group
Hi Zack, On 8/10/20 8:10 PM, Zack Weinberg wrote: > On Mon, Aug 10, 2020 at 9:21 AM Joerg Schilling > wrote: >> Larry Dwyer via austin-group-l at The Open Group >> wrote: >> >>> How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the paired >>> device files)? >> >> The Solaris man pty

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-11 Thread Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On 8/9/20 1:18 AM, Larry Dwyer via Libc-alpha wrote: > How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the paired > device files)? Thanks for the suggestion. As far as I'm concerned, that would also be an option worth considering. Thanks, Michael

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-11 Thread Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On 8/10/20 3:58 PM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote: > On Sat, Aug 08, 2020 at 04:18:10PM -0700, Larry Dwyer via austin-group-l at > The Open Group wrote: >> How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the paired device >> files)? > > How about the "pty side" and the "tty side"? It seems

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-11 Thread Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group
[repairing CC] On 8/6/20 6:53 AM, Oğuz via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > 5 Ağustos 2020 Çarşamba tarihinde Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) < > mtk.li...@gmail.com> yazdı: > >> On 8/5/20 7:12 PM, Oğuz via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: >>> 5 Ağustos 2020 Çarşamba tarihinde

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-10 Thread Joerg Schilling via austin-group-l at The Open Group
Larry Dwyer via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the paired > device files)? The Solaris man pty page since a really long time has this: By default, 48 pseudo-terminal pairs are configured as follows:

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-08 Thread Larry Dwyer via austin-group-l at The Open Group
How about the "control" side and the "terminal" side (of the paired device files)? Cheers, Larry On 8/5/2020 4:21 AM, Michael Kerrisk via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: Elliot Hughes and I both noticed a point from "Minutes of the 3rd August 2020 Teleconference": [[ On Tue, Aug 4,

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-06 Thread Steffen Nurpmeso via austin-group-l at The Open Group
casper@oracle.com via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote in <202008060810.0768ar93009...@room101.nl.oracle.com>: |>> Personally I'm quite happy with the existing terminology, and see no |>> particular need for change (as close to meaningless as the terms are |>> in this context - they

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-06 Thread casper....@oracle.com via austin-group-l at The Open Group
>> Personally I'm quite happy with the existing terminology, and see no >> particular need for change (as close to meaningless as the terms are >> in this context - they are well established, anything different will >> just create confusion). >> >> >Couldn't agree more. I don't understand what

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Oğuz via austin-group-l at The Open Group
6 Ağustos 2020 Perşembe tarihinde Oğuz yazdı: > > > 5 Ağustos 2020 Çarşamba tarihinde Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) < > mtk.li...@gmail.com> yazdı: > >> On 8/5/20 7:12 PM, Oğuz via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: >> > 5 Ağustos 2020 Çarşamba tarihinde Robert Elz via austin-group-l at The

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Oğuz via austin-group-l at The Open Group
5 Ağustos 2020 Çarşamba tarihinde Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) < mtk.li...@gmail.com> yazdı: > On 8/5/20 7:12 PM, Oğuz via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > > 5 Ağustos 2020 Çarşamba tarihinde Robert Elz via austin-group-l at The > Open > > Group yazdı: > > > >> Date:Wed, 05

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On 8/5/20 7:12 PM, Oğuz via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > 5 Ağustos 2020 Çarşamba tarihinde Robert Elz via austin-group-l at The Open > Group yazdı: > >> Date:Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:28:45 -0400 >> From:"Paul Smith via austin-group-l at The Open Group" < >>

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group
[again restoring the CC] On 8/5/20 5:28 PM, Paul Smith via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > On Wed, 2020-08-05 at 08:00 -0700, Donn Terry via austin-group-l at The > Open Group wrote: >> The suggestions here so far are cumbersome and tend to be ambiguous. >> The old m-word and sl-word,

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Michael Kerrisk man-pages via austin-group-l at The Open Group
[Restoring the CC, which seems to have got lost along the way; it's best if we keep it, since some people who are involved on the Linux/Glibc side may not be on the Austin list.] Hello Geoff and Steffen, Thanks for your feedback. On 8/5/20 4:20 PM, Geoff Clare via austin-group-l at The Open

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Paul Smith via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On Wed, 2020-08-05 at 23:38 +0700, Robert Elz wrote: > | do you consider the pseudoterminal as providing to the terminal, or the > | terminal as providing to the pseudoterminal. > > How did anyone ever get to a question like that? In the part of my message you elided I was arguing that using the

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Oğuz via austin-group-l at The Open Group
5 Ağustos 2020 Çarşamba tarihinde Robert Elz via austin-group-l at The Open Group yazdı: > Date:Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:28:45 -0400 > From:"Paul Smith via austin-group-l at The Open Group" < > austin-group-l@opengroup.org> > Message-ID:

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Robert Elz via austin-group-l at The Open Group
Date:Wed, 05 Aug 2020 11:28:45 -0400 From:"Paul Smith via austin-group-l at The Open Group" Message-ID: <1d8c5e6e96fbdd47ce143a566b57db2c803d4898.ca...@gnu.org> | do you consider the pseudoterminal as providing to the terminal, or the | terminal as providing to

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Geoff Clare via austin-group-l at The Open Group
shwaresyst wrote, on 05 Aug 2020: > > On Wednesday, August 5, 2020 Geoff Clare via austin-group-l at The Open Group > wrote: > >> My own thoughts up to now had been that, since the slave side is the >> side that is intended to be used as a terminal in the normal way, the >> slave should be

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Paul Smith via austin-group-l at The Open Group
On Wed, 2020-08-05 at 08:00 -0700, Donn Terry via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote: > The suggestions here so far are cumbersome and tend to be ambiguous. > The old m-word and sl-word, and also "client" and "server" could > potentially be interpreted backwards from the conventional intent.

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread shwaresyst via austin-group-l at The Open Group
The slave side is ancillary to the master, sorry, as physical terminals are ancillary to the processor hardware, imo. Inverting the relationship makes it look like it is the intent of the slave side to source the majority of the data, when more often it is only monitoring output data sourced

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Donn Terry via austin-group-l at The Open Group
The suggestions here so far are cumbersome and tend to be ambiguous. The old m-word and sl-word, and also "client" and "server" could potentially be interpreted backwards from the conventional intent. (You can think about it as the sl-word/client actually being in control: telling the

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Geoff Clare via austin-group-l at The Open Group
Steffen Nurpmeso wrote, on 05 Aug 2020: > > Michael Kerrisk via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote in > : > |Elliot Hughes and I both noticed a point from "Minutes of the 3rd August \ > |2020 > |Teleconference": > .. > |On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:52 PM Andrew Josey wrote: > ... > |> *

Re: Pseudoterminal terminology in POSIX

2020-08-05 Thread Steffen Nurpmeso via austin-group-l at The Open Group
Michael Kerrisk via austin-group-l at The Open Group wrote in : |Elliot Hughes and I both noticed a point from "Minutes of the 3rd August \ |2020 |Teleconference": .. |On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 5:52 PM Andrew Josey wrote: ... |> * General news |> |> We discussed terminology usage, in