openssh unix dev - Nov 2008 - feature request: single line mode.

Hi,

I have this feature request for slow connections, I don't even
know if it is possible but here goes:

On slow connections making typos is very annoying because of low
latency. Could you add a feature which only sends complete lines,
like with an IRC client where nothing get's sent until you hit
return?

Or would this not be an ssh feature at all but rather a terminal
emulator feature?

Thanks in advance for thinking with me.


# Han

On 29.11.2008 0:30, Han Boetes wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have this feature request for slow connections, I don't even
> know if it is possible but here goes:
>
> On slow connections making typos is very annoying because of low
> latency. Could you add a feature which only sends complete lines,
> like with an IRC client where nothing get's sent until you hit
> return?
>
> Or would this not be an ssh feature at all but rather a terminal
> emulator feature?
>
This is in fact a terminal feature. The matter is that currently SSH switches a 
terminal to raw (unbuffered) mode (AFAIK). If SSH didn't do that, many 
full-screen programs (VIM, for example) would show an erratic behaviour.
-- 

Sincerely Your, Dan.

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