[NTG-pdftex] unbuffered vs. buffered terminal output

[Hartmut Henkel]

On Fri, 23 Dec 2005, Reinhard Kotucha wrote:

> There is one big problem though:  What happens when TeX runs into an
> endless loop?  You don't see where it happens if only complete lines
> are issued.

this can be handled by a reasonable timeout, using function select().

Regards, Hartmut