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- From: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
- Subject: Re: cmdtool in OW3 messes up on c shell file completion
- Message-ID: <1992Jul31.085757.4889@ericsson.se>
- Sender: news@ericsson.se
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- Reply-To: etxmesa@eos.ericsson.se (Michael Salmon)
- Organization: Ericsson Telecom AB
- References: <1992Jul30.181707.21887@moe.einstein.com>
- Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1992 08:57:57 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul30.181707.21887@moe.einstein.com>, shmuel@moe.einstein.com (Shmuel Einstein) writes:
- |> When pressing escape to invoke c-shell file completion in a cmdtool, gibberish is
- |> displayed on the screen by the cmdtool. However, if one types control r to
- |> redisplay the command line, the result is correct; i.e., the file completion was
- |> performed correctly. Is anyone aware of a fix for this problem?
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- This has been a problem for as long as cmdtool has existed, and
- probably will be for as long as it exists. The solution is to change to
- tcsh or xterm or (IMHO preferably) both.
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- Michael Salmon
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