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- From: mike@nttor.uucp (Mike Hollander)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards,comp.unix.shell,comp.unix.misc
- Subject: Re: The Problem with UNIX
- Message-ID: <1992Nov10.170423.10311@nttor.uucp>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 17:04:23 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.172715.16367@cs.wisc.edu>
- Organization: Northern Telecom CAC
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- In article <1992Nov9.172715.16367@cs.wisc.edu> so@brownie.cs.wisc.edu (Bryan S. So) writes:
- >
- >I am doing research on UNIX command line interface problems.
- >I am sure everyone has his/her favorite UNIX troubles, would
- >you post or email me what's your favorites? What should have
- >been done by UNIX to resolve that problem in general?
- >
-
- Things that bother me about the command line (I'm using Motorola
- UNIX System V/68 Release 3.71 running a Korn shell using vi-type
- command line editing on a VT420), in no particular order:
-
- 1) It is possible to backspace over the prompt.
- 2) Running over past the end of the line onto the next line does not
- allow you to backspace back to the previous line, and if you
- backspace at the last column of a line it is possible to miss
- a character and therefore not backspace over what you think
- you are backspacing over.
- 3) It doesn't seem possible to map the arrow keys on the keyboard
- to enable you to press up arrow to get the previous command, or
- to use left arrow to move backwards through the line.
- 4) It doesn't seem possible to store macros that could be run with
- a single keypress.
- 5) The function keys don't do anything and cannot be made to do
- anything on the command line.
- 6) The insert and remove keys cannot be made to place you in insert
- mode or remove characters.
-
- That's a short list off the top off my head. If anyone has methods
- to fix these complaints please feel free to respond!
-
- Mike Hollander | mike@nttor.UUCP
-