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.PP
.I 9term
relies on the kernel's terminal processing to handle
-EOT and DEL, so the terminal must be set up with EOT
-as the ``eof'' character and DEL as the ``intr'' character.
+EOT, so the terminal must be set up with EOT
+as the ``eof'' character.
.I 9term
runs
.IR stty (1)
to establish this when the terminal is created.
.PP
+.I 9term
+always treats the DEL keystroke as an interrupt request.
+In response it sends the terminal's current interrupt character
+(which need not be DEL).
+.PP
Normally, written output to a window blocks when
the text reaches the end of the screen and the terminal
buffer fills;