in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote Lowell Gilbert thusly... > > "Marty Landman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have a 4.8 installation ... The root account up-arrow > > history retrieve feature works fine, while on my user account it > > doesn't, displaying instead > > > > $ ^[[A^[[C^[[B^[[D > > > > when I press the arrow keys in order (up, right, down, left) > > They are using different shells. Root uses csh by default, your > user account is using sh. Try "set -o emacs" for sh.
Just a note, arrow keys for history retrieval also works with 'vi' option (set -o vi). - Parv -- _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
