mental note: pencil Volker in for a rant^h^h^h^h talk on shells.
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 10:15:05 +1300 Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Besides, nearly everybody using Linux is using bash. And if they know > > enough to choose a different shell, then they know enough to help > > themselves. > > I still think a good habit to get into is to specify basic assumptions > and limitations. Though it's a readline thing, it might only work in > bash because bash has substantial configuration features for this. Would > these configurations also apply to other apps linked with libreadline? > > And I still wish the bash defaulters got their bums up for a basic > history search with the pgup/pgdown keys. One for which one doesn't have > to RTFM to be able to make use of any of it it, like ctrl-R. > > Volker > > -- > Volker Kuhlmann is possibly list0570 with the domain in > header > http://volker.dnsalias.net/ Please do not CC list postings to me. -- Nick Rout Barrister & Solicitor Christchurch <http://www.rout.co.nz> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
