Re: @ symbol deleting all preceeding input at command line?

From: Frank Slootweg (this_at_ddress.is.invalid)
Date: 09/21/05 

Date: 21 Sep 2005 19:05:59 GMT

Mikko Nahkola <mnahkola@trein.ntc.nokia.com> wrote:
> mkirsch1@rochester.rr.com wrote:
>
> > That's not a solution... That's "Doctor, it hurts when I do this," and
> > the doctor says, "So don't do that."
> > What's not in the FAQ is WHY is the kill character an "@" in the first
> > place? That's the absolute dumbest thing I have ever heard of...
>
> Well, at least on 11.11, the man page for termio(7) says that it comes
> straight from SVID3. So at least it's compatible, and the dumbness
> is someone else's fault ;-)

  Yes, it's probably the fault of those idiots Ken Thompson and Dennis
Ritchie!

Frank "It's all in the headers!" Slootweg