diff --git a/HISTORY b/HISTORY
index 18dac185..02260c47 100644
--- a/HISTORY
+++ b/HISTORY
@@ -447,3 +447,6 @@ Video Disk Recorder Revision History
 - Fixed a segfault that sometimes happened when killing VDR.
 - VDR now returns an exit status of '2' in case of an error at startup, instead
   of terminating with 'abort()' (which caused a core dump).
+- SVDRP now also works with clients that don't do line buffering (like the
+  Windows 'telnet').
+  
diff --git a/svdrp.c b/svdrp.c
index a01bce34..941685f0 100644
--- a/svdrp.c
+++ b/svdrp.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
  * and interact with the Video Disk Recorder - or write a full featured
  * graphical interface that sits on top of an SVDRP connection.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.c 1.15 2001/03/02 22:59:37 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.c 1.16 2001/04/01 14:09:29 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ int cSocket::Accept(void)
 
 // --- cSVDRP ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-#define MAXCMDBUFFER 10000
 #define MAXHELPTOPIC 10
 
 const char *HelpPages[] = {
@@ -234,6 +233,7 @@ const char *GetHelpPage(const char *Cmd)
 cSVDRP::cSVDRP(int Port)
 :socket(Port)
 {
+  numChars = 0;
   message = NULL;
   lastActivity = 0;
   isyslog(LOG_INFO, "SVDRP listening on port %d", Port);
@@ -842,7 +842,8 @@ void cSVDRP::Execute(char *Cmd)
   char *s = Cmd;
   while (*s && !isspace(*s))
         s++;
-  *s++ = 0;
+  if (*s)
+     *s++ = 0;
   if      (CMD("CHAN"))  CmdCHAN(s);
   else if (CMD("DELC"))  CmdDELC(s);
   else if (CMD("DELT"))  CmdDELT(s);
@@ -864,8 +865,7 @@ void cSVDRP::Execute(char *Cmd)
   else if (CMD("OVLP"))  CmdOVLP(s);
   else if (CMD("OVLO"))  CmdOVLO(s);
   else if (CMD("UPDT"))  CmdUPDT(s);
-  else if (CMD("QUIT")
-       ||  CMD("\x04"))  Close();
+  else if (CMD("QUIT"))  Close();
   else                   Reply(500, "Command unrecognized: \"%s\"", Cmd);
 }
 
@@ -875,29 +875,55 @@ void cSVDRP::Process(void)
   bool SendGreeting = NewConnection;
 
   if (file.IsOpen() || file.Open(socket.Accept())) {
-     char buffer[MAXCMDBUFFER];
      if (SendGreeting) {
         //TODO how can we get the *full* hostname?
+        char buffer[MAXCMDBUFFER];
         gethostname(buffer, sizeof(buffer));
         time_t now = time(NULL);
         Reply(220, "%s SVDRP VideoDiskRecorder %s; %s", buffer, VDRVERSION, ctime(&now));
         }
      if (NewConnection)
         lastActivity = time(NULL);
-     int rbytes = file.ReadString(buffer, sizeof(buffer) - 1);
-     if (rbytes > 0) {
-        //XXX overflow check???
-        // strip trailing whitespace:
-        while (rbytes > 0 && strchr(" \t\r\n", buffer[rbytes - 1]))
-              buffer[--rbytes] = 0;
-        // make sure the string is terminated:
-        buffer[rbytes] = 0;
-        // showtime!
-        Execute(buffer);
-        lastActivity = time(NULL);
+     if (file.Ready(false)) {
+        unsigned char c;
+        int r = read(file, &c, 1);
+        if (r > 0) {
+           if (c == '\n' || c == 0x00) {
+              // strip trailing whitespace:
+              while (numChars > 0 && strchr(" \t\r\n", cmdLine[numChars - 1]))
+                    cmdLine[--numChars] = 0;
+              // make sure the string is terminated:
+              cmdLine[numChars] = 0;
+              // showtime!
+              Execute(cmdLine);
+              numChars = 0;
+              }
+           else if (c == 0x04 && numChars == 0) {
+              // end of file (only at beginning of line)
+              Close();
+              }
+           else if (c == 0x08 || c == 0x7F) {
+              // backspace or delete (last character)
+              if (numChars > 0)
+                 numChars--;
+              }
+           else if (c <= 0x03 || c == 0x0D || 0xF0 <= c) {
+              // ignore control characters
+              }
+           else if (numChars < sizeof(cmdLine) - 1) {
+              cmdLine[numChars++] = c;
+              cmdLine[numChars] = 0;
+              }
+           else {
+              Reply(501, "Command line too long");
+              esyslog(LOG_ERR, "SVDRP: command line too long: '%s'", cmdLine);
+              numChars = 0;
+              }
+           lastActivity = time(NULL);
+           }
+        else if (r < 0)
+           Close();
         }
-     else if (rbytes < 0)
-        Close();
      else if (Setup.SVDRPTimeout && time(NULL) - lastActivity > Setup.SVDRPTimeout) {
         isyslog(LOG_INFO, "timeout on SVDRP connection");
         Close(true);
diff --git a/svdrp.h b/svdrp.h
index 62c1e753..794d8be2 100644
--- a/svdrp.h
+++ b/svdrp.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: svdrp.h 1.7 2001/02/18 13:36:47 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: svdrp.h 1.8 2001/04/01 14:10:33 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __SVDRP_H
@@ -26,11 +26,15 @@ public:
   int Accept(void);
   };
 
+#define MAXCMDBUFFER 1024
+
 class cSVDRP {
 private:
   cSocket socket;
   cFile file;
   CRect ovlClipRects[MAXCLIPRECTS];
+  uint numChars;
+  char cmdLine[MAXCMDBUFFER];
   char *message;
   time_t lastActivity;
   void Close(bool Timeout = false);
diff --git a/tools.c b/tools.c
index 67468452..c303a8ab 100644
--- a/tools.c
+++ b/tools.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.c 1.31 2001/03/03 13:25:00 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.c 1.32 2001/04/01 14:13:36 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #define _GNU_SOURCE
@@ -369,27 +369,6 @@ void cFile::Close(void)
      }
 }
 
-int cFile::ReadString(char *Buffer, int Size)
-{
-  int rbytes = 0;
-  bool wait = true;
-
-  while (Ready(wait)) {
-        int n = read(f, Buffer + rbytes, 1);
-        if (n == 0)
-           break; // EOF
-        if (n < 0) {
-           LOG_ERROR;
-           return -1;
-           }
-        rbytes += n;
-        if (rbytes == Size || Buffer[rbytes - 1] == '\n')
-           break;
-        wait = false;
-        }
-  return rbytes;
-}
-
 bool cFile::Ready(bool Wait)
 {
   return f >= 0 && AnyFileReady(f, Wait ? 1000 : 0);
diff --git a/tools.h b/tools.h
index 96d09826..a9d61218 100644
--- a/tools.h
+++ b/tools.h
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  * See the main source file 'vdr.c' for copyright information and
  * how to reach the author.
  *
- * $Id: tools.h 1.24 2001/02/11 13:39:40 kls Exp $
+ * $Id: tools.h 1.25 2001/04/01 14:13:42 kls Exp $
  */
 
 #ifndef __TOOLS_H
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ public:
   bool Open(int FileDes);
   void Close(void);
   bool IsOpen(void) { return f >= 0; }
-  int ReadString(char *Buffer, int Size);
   bool Ready(bool Wait = true);
   static bool AnyFileReady(int FileDes = -1, int TimeoutMs = 1000);
   static bool FileReady(int FileDes, int TimeoutMs = 1000);