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- From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
- Subject: Re: The Problem with UNIX
- In-Reply-To: mike@nttor.uucp's message of 10 Nov 92 17:04:23 GMT
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- References: <1992Nov9.172715.16367@cs.wisc.edu> <1992Nov10.170423.10311@nttor.uucp>
- Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 23:50:14 GMT
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- [cleaning up followups]
- Mike> == Mike Hollander <mike@nttor.uucp>
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- Mike> Things that bother me about the command line (I'm using Motorola
- Mike> UNIX System V/68 Release 3.71 running a Korn shell using vi-type
- Mike> command line editing on a VT420), in no particular order:
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- Mike> 1) It is possible to backspace over the prompt.
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- Get BSD tty drivers or tcsh.
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- Mike> 2) Running over past the end of the line onto the next line does not
- Mike> allow you to backspace back to the previous line, and if you
- Mike> backspace at the last column of a line it is possible to miss
- Mike> a character and therefore not backspace over what you think
- Mike> you are backspacing over.
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- This might be a termcap issue. Try tcsh.
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- Mike> 3) It doesn't seem possible to map the arrow keys on the keyboard
- Mike> to enable you to press up arrow to get the previous command, or
- Mike> to use left arrow to move backwards through the line.
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- tcsh.
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- Mike> 4) It doesn't seem possible to store macros that could be run with
- Mike> a single keypress.
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- tcsh.
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- Mike> 5) The function keys don't do anything and cannot be made to do
- Mike> anything on the command line.
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- tcsh.
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- Mike> 6) The insert and remove keys cannot be made to place you in insert
- Mike> mode or remove characters.
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- probably tcsh. (I don't know, I don't do modes.)
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- Mike> That's a short list off the top off my head. If anyone has methods
- Mike> to fix these complaints please feel free to respond!
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- Get tcsh. ;)
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- zsh and bash probably fix most or all of these complaints also.
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