Mike Kupfer wrote:
> 
> >>>>> "Roland" == Roland Mainz <roland.mainz at nrubsig.org> writes:
> 
> Roland> Should we enable the "multiline" mode
> 
> I'd say no, unless that's the default for ksh93 on other platforms.

Technicially there is no "default". POSIX demands that all "set
-o"-based flags are set to "false" when a shell starts, however this
excludes any system-wide or user preference files (e.g. /etc/ksh.kshrc
and ~/.kshrc for interactive shells) because they are read after shell
startup (Ok, that is not the precise definition but technicially it
works like that).

At least on OpenSuSE/SuSE 10.2 "set -o multiline" was introduced (in the
default /etc/ksh.kshrc file) per user feedback and it's was also applied
to SuSE Enterprise Linux 10, too (I don't have any RedHat/Fedora box
around for testing, however this flag is new in ksh93r but was quickly
adopted by SuSE - it cannot be that bad... :-) ).

> Also, while I appreciate your efforts to make ksh93 on Solaris the best
> that it can be, I recommend putting a freeze on changes like this,
> unless you think they're critical to the initial putback.  Otherwise, it
> will be difficult to get the ARC materials stable enough to submit, and
> ARC approval is on the critical path for the initial putback.

Ok... the "multiline" thing was the last item on my "feature" list...

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Bye,
Roland

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