Hello All,
I just installed the recent KSH release and I am noticing that the
EMACS-mode command line editing seems to be acting funny (weird):
$ print -- $(.sh.version}
Version JMP 93u 2011-02-08
$ uname -a
SunOS rca 5.8 Generic_117350-33 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-2 SunOS
$
If I enter a command line successfully, it gets put into the history
as expected. However if I recall that same line with ^P and then
put a pound character ('#') at the front of it commenting it out
and then entering it again, problems occur on when recalling that comment
line and editing it again.
For example:
$ print -- hello world
hello world
$ <-- recall line w/ ^P
$ print -- hello world <-- edit and put '#' in front
$ #print -- hello world <-- enter it
$ <-- recall edited line
$ #print -- hello world <-- cursor is at the end
Now I type some ^B characters it appears to delete the characters from
the end of the line -- rather than moving backwards over the characters
as it used to do in the past. I also get what appear to be an array of
random behaviors that appear to be attempting to perform some sort of
command completion. Is all of this some sort of new functional behavior?
What is this weirdo behavior or mode all about?
Also one is barely able to escape from this mess by typing repeated delete
characters (deleting all characters on the line back to the beginning).
Is there any way to get the previous behavior, where one can just
edit a previous line that has been commented out?
Thanks for any feedback or information on this.
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David Morano
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