On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:

> Related question: Current bash is patched to recognize /etc/inputrc.

Not bash, but libreadline (it's used by bash and many other programs).

> Why don't we use "export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc" in /etc/profile, instead?
> (Would this make patching unnecessary?)

Because the goal is to have _both_ a system-wide inputrc _and_ a
user-specific one.

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Enrique Zanardi                                            [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dpto. Fisica Fundamental y Experimental                 Univ. de La Laguna

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