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- From: Harald.Eikrem@delab.sintef.no
- Subject: Re: tcsh in the future - what should it be like?
- In-Reply-To: aswx266@chpc.utexas.edu's message of 27 Jul 92 03:12:38 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Jul27.215202*Harald.Eikrem@delab.sintef.no>
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- Organization: SINTEF DELAB, Trondheim, Norway.
- References: <yeates.711122638@beryl17> <1992Jul16.153506.24366@bmerh85.bnr.ca>
- <1992Jul27.031238.10376@chpc.utexas.edu>
- Date: 27 Jul 92 21:52:02
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- ! I'd like to see a history mechanism that works like VMS' RECALL, i.e.
- ! type something like !vi .cs and get the last vi command that edits
- ! .cshrc. Simple, powerful concept; only a single command to learn.
-
- It's there. You just need to try.
-
- ! Also, the history list should save a command only if it is different
- ! from the last one.
-
- No way. You will be able to reach the next *different* command in the
- command history by "history-search-backward", it skips back over all
- similar commands. You just need to bind it to a proper key that you think
- you'll tend to use. (Say, bind it to X11 "Prior" key if available, or
- "PgUp" on a Sun keyboard).
-
- ! If both these questions have solutions already it only shows that tcsh
- ! has too many features. I can't remember them so I don't use them.
-
- You have probably never made the attempt to find out.
-
- ~~harald E.
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