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termios.3: Further improvements to recent tweaks of canonical mode 4096 char limit 

Reported-by: Peter Hurley <peter@hurleysoftware.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-02-18 12:23:21 +01:00
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@ -732,8 +732,12 @@ and the remaining characters will be available for a future
The maximum line length is 4096 chars
(including the terminating newline character);
lines longer than 4096 chars are truncated.
After 4095 characters,
input data up (but not including) any terminating newline is discarded.
After 4095 characters, input processing (e.g.,
.B ISIG
and
.B ECHO*
processing) continues, but any input data after 4095 characters up to
(but not including) any terminating newline is discarded.
This ensures that the terminal can always receive
more input until at least one line can be read.
.PP