> gmacs is considered an intuitive beginner's editing mode. It is the > default editing mode in bash and more or less matches the common input > mode of various GUI toolkits and desktops, including Gnome/GTK+, > KDE/Qt, CDE/Motif, Mozilla/XULRunner/Gecko, JAVA, and Xaw/Xaw3D.
None the less, this seems like a strange choice for Solaris as there isn't anything called "gmacs" on the system. Uh, what "default editing mode" are you sighting for JAVA? I think I would be more inclinded to be accepting of gmacs if it was the common default mode for ksh on other systems. Is it? > Interfaces: > > Interface Stability Description > ========= ========= =========== > /etc/ksh.kshrc Uncommitted Per-system configuration file for > interactive ksh93 sessions This seems a little strange to me. Would Committed for the file itself and format be more appropriate, with the default default of gmacs (or whatever) being Uncommitted? I think reality is that once you ship such a file, we are not likely to be able to change its existance or format - too many administrators will latch on to it. - jek3
