On Fri, Jul 5, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Cyrille Lefevre
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Le 04/07/2013 09:48, PHILIPP, Axel, Dr. a écrit :
>
>> /bin/ksh93 -l is a login shell, this is not mentioned in the man page.
>>
>> The alias __letter mechanism (emacs mode), which was used in ksh88, is
>> described in the ksh93 man page. However I did not succeed in using it.
>> Using ${.sh.edchar} and a KEYBD trap is a perfect workaround, so this does
>> not need to be fixed, but it should be removed from the man page.
>>
>>         M-[letter Soft-key  - Your alias list is searched for an alias by
>> the name __letter and if
>>                   an alias of this name is defined, its value will be
>> inserted on the input queue.
>>                   This can be used to program function keys on many
>> terminals.
>>
>> (The alias _letter mechanism works as described.)
>>
> <snip god damn signature !>
>
> please don't, 1st rule os unix development, be compatible, something that
> linux guys often forgot...

Yes, but some stuff from the past should really go. Isn't there a
SHOPT_DEPRECIATED build option to #ifdef stuff which are seriously
legacy features from bsh or ksh88 compatibility code? not everyone may
want to compile that in anymore.

Simon
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