GNU Interactive Tools - GNU Interactive Tools limitations

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# GNU Interactive Tools limitations

Background commands (& terminated)can be specified in the configuration file but their result (stdout and stderr redirection), will be overwritten by the result of newer commands and, if an error occurs, it will not be seen.

When `git` is compiled for `Linux`, the default built-in color descriptions are for color monitors, so you can't (decently) run `git` on a b/w monitor without the ``.gitrc.TERM'` file correctly configured. ``.gitrc.TERM'` should be configured with ``AnsiColors'` = OFF.

Job support is implemented only in `git`.

Due to the fact that the ';' character is used as a field separator in the configuration files, you can't write something like that in the ``.gitrc.TERM'` files:

^AAA = SHOW-USERS-AND-GROUPS; more /etc/passwd; more /etc/group

because 'more /etc/group' will be considered as a directory to switch to. You must write a small script instead:

#! /bin/sh

more /etc/passwd more /etc/group

Supposing the script name is `show_ug`, the ``.gitrc.TERM'` line will look like this:

^AAA = SHOW-USERS-AND-GROUPS; show_ug

There is no support for appearance modes on magic-cookie terminals.

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