Robert Graeme MOSS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote,

> I have got the Hugs source on my Linux box and it compiles fine, but I
> was wondering how I could change it so that when I press the up-arrow
> key, the previous command is displayed at the prompt.  The Irix boxes at
> uni have this ability, but when I compile Hugs on my home system and
> press the up-arrow key, I simply get a control-character (something like
> ^W).  Could you please tell me where I can enable this feature?

Add the option `--with-readline' to the call of
`./configure' during installation.  (This makes it use
GNU's readline library, which is doing the magic.)

Cheers,
Manuel

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