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 _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
