GNU bug report logs - #2148
In shell mode, comint-send-input seems to cut off at 254 characters

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Richard Addison-Wood <richard <at> wetafx.co.nz>

Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2009 03:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Fixed in version 24.5

Done: Alan J Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #61 received at 2148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Alan J Third <alan <at> idiocy.org>
Cc: cyd <at> stupidchicken.com, 2148 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: Re: bug#2148: Re: In shell mode,
 comint-send-input seems to cut off at 254 characters
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2016 22:48:57 -0500

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[[[ whether defending the US Constitution against all enemies,     ]]]
[[[ foreign or domestic, requires you to follow Snowden's example. ]]]

Decades ago, I encountered on some systems that sending input
to a pty would get hung because the tty's input buffer was full.
I implemented the ^D to get the input delivered.

The right fix is to change the implementation of ptys.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
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