Re: stty: problem if IXON enabled and DC3 char was received

[Jim Meyering]

On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 7:07 AM, Bernhard Voelker
<address@hidden> wrote:
> On 01/04/2016 01:34 PM, Pádraig Brady wrote:
>>
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ GNU coreutils NEWS
>> -*- outline -*-
>>     is reusable by most shells, with non-printable characters escaped
>>     with the POSIX proposed $'...' syntax.
>>
>> +  stty now supports the -i, --immediate option, to apply settings
>> +  without waiting for transmission of any pending output.
>> +
>
>
> s/-i/-I/
>
>> --- a/src/stty.c
>> +++ b/src/stty.c
>
> ...
>>
>> @@ -522,7 +523,7 @@ usage (int status)
>>     else
>>       {
>>         printf (_("\
>> -Usage: %s [-F DEVICE | --file=DEVICE] [SETTING]...\n\
>> +Usage: %s [-F DEVICE | --file=DEVICE] [-I] [SETTING]...\n\
>>     or:  %s [-F DEVICE | --file=DEVICE] [-a|--all]\n\
>>     or:  %s [-F DEVICE | --file=DEVICE] [-g|--save]\n\
>>   "),
>> @@ -538,6 +539,9 @@ Print or change terminal characteristics.\n\
>>     -g, --save         print all current settings in a stty-readable
>> form\n\
>>     -F, --file=DEVICE  open and use the specified DEVICE instead of
>> stdin\n\
>>   "), stdout);
>> +      fputs (_("\
>> +  -i, --immediate    apply setting without waiting for pending
>> transmission\n\
>> +"), stdout);
>
>
> Likewise.
>
> Otherwise +1.

Patch looks fine.
You might want to add a URL linking to this discussion in the commit log;
it provides a fine "why would I want this" use case.