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- From: rbm2273@ultb.isc.rit.edu (R.B. Mead )
- Subject: Re: csh 5.19 and LS 4.5 ljr
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.080558.5083@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
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- References: <1992Aug15.061941.21435@ccu.umanitoba.ca> <1992Aug17.154621.5469@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1992 08:05:58 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug17.154621.5469@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com> rittle@supra.comm.mot.com (Loren James Rittle) writes:
- >In article <1992Aug15.061941.21435@ccu.umanitoba.ca> kaarts@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Kenneth John Aarts) writes:
- >>I am having a slight difficulty here. In shell-startup I have
- >>
- >> ;file exe
- >> set ls_highlight-5.on ""
- >> set ls_highlight-5.off *
- >> ;dir
- >> set ls_highlight2.on ""
- >> set ls_highlight2.off /
- >>
- >>which mostly works. Unfortunately, if I use Ls, the curser color is lost. (set
- >>to background) Works fine in the C= shell, but not with CSH. (I am using %c
- >>in my csh prompt)
- >
- >Bug in csh (confirmed by WSH and C=). The shell must Flush() Output,
- >C='s shell always has, WShell always has. Many other 3rd party shells
- >do/did not... I reported this problem to csh and sksh authors.
- >
- >The workaround if you have SAS/C is to add the following line in
- >the cleanup code and recompile:
- >
- >Flush (Output ());
- >
- >Regards,
- >Loren, author of ls-4.5ljr
-
- I haven't followed the entire thread. Sorry if this is a duplicate.
-
- PDKSH also supports this feature!! Cursor is gone after 'ls' cmnd.
-
- Regards.
-
-