Subject: Re: Re: [ast-users] how to enable command & filename completion --------
> You need to enable one of the editor modes with set -o gmacs, set -o > emacs or set -o vi to get tab, tab-tab or esc-style file name and > variable completion. This can be done by adding such a line to > $HOME/.kshrc for your user or /etc/ksh.kshrc for all uses on a > machine. > ksh93 does not enable any of the set -o flags at start by default to > conform to the POSIX shell specification, unlike bash who break the > standard with that in favour of usability. > > Olga > Another way to get an edit mode enabled is to set and export your EDITOR or VISUAL variable to a pathname ending in vi or emacs. Also, if your LANG or LC_ALL is set to a multibyte locale like *UTF-8, then TAB completion works. David Korn [email protected] _______________________________________________ ast-users mailing list [email protected] https://mailman.research.att.com/mailman/listinfo/ast-users
