Input Line Editing

[Matt Costello]

As regards the Input Line Editor, and where does it fit ...

Isn't this what STREAMS are for?  Since a stream module has access
to the ioctls it should know when it is or is not wanted.  It would
replace the standard line discipline available in cooked mode.  The
ILE would then be available to all programs doing line mode input
from the user's terminal.

Which brings up the interesting question of where a streams module
would store 'instance' data since it is in the kernel address space.
The only thing I can see is that the streams module could grab a
free disk buffer or two to save the history.
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