Re: Funnyness with raw mode.
  By: deon to Digital Man on Sat Nov 21 2020 10:55 pm

 > Hey DM,
 >
 > I'm trying to debug a message rendering issue, and went into raw mode
 > (CTRL-Z) to see if the message renders correctly (and it does).
 >
 > Anyway, when raw mode is on, I've noticed 2 things:
 >
 > * Pressing ENTER at the main menu changes to the previous message sub (IE:
 > like the down arrow does when not in raw mode).
 > * Going to "D" Default user config and "Q" back, prefils the keyboard buffer
 > with ;80R (on my wide screen iterm terminal its ;151R)

Yeah, not surprising at all.

Raw mode not something you're expected to leave on for any extended period of
time or for normal BBS use. It's main uses are:
1. The "ASCII upload" of message text
2. The debugging of output processing issues (e.g. word-wrap of messages)
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