On 5/15/06, Glenn Fowler <gsf at research.att.com> wrote: > > > > Solaris ksh also does not have a default editor mode if > > > VISUAL and EDITOR are not set. A default seems like a good idea. > > > Is there any reason for gmacs over emacs or vi mode? > > > emacs is *MUCH* easier to learn than vi. I never really used gnacs mode... > > I'd like to nip subsequent opinions on editor preferenece right here > the list would crumble under the traffic > > I think posix/xopen would have something to say about ESC or ^P > typed in at a sh prompt doing anything but entering ESC or ^P > into the input buffer (modulo stty special char settings) > > i.e., I believe the default editor must be NONE > with ksh93 the user can always do the appropriate .profile / ENV file > magic for editor preference
Why does bash then claim full POSIX conformance and default to emacs editing? Irek
