Subject: Re: Re: [ast-users] how to enable command & filename completion
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> 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
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