On Sun, Aug 27, 2006 at 11:22:13AM +0200, Martin Toft wrote:
> Sam Chill wrote:
> >ksh does most everything bash does too, so it doesn't seem like a loss.
>
> FWIW, I miss a couple of features in ksh and consider to switch (back)
> to bash:
>
> - When using tab completion, and you press tab two times to get a list
> of possibilities, ksh doesn't use less/more to present the possibilities
> (i.e. they just scroll by and I have to use shift+page-up).
This is, IMNSHO, preferable - you don't have to exit less/more.
> - When writing long commands, bash uses multiple lines to let me see the
> whole command, whereas ksh "scrolls" the line horizontally, only showing
> me a part of the command at a time. This is of course a matter of taste,
> but I like the method of bash.
ksh's is much simpler, though; ksh is, due to such decisions, much
lighter than bash.
Of course, if you're running KDE anyway, this doesn't matter.
> - In ksh, history is not automatically set up (but this is not a missing
> feature, since you can set it up yourself).
So set it up yourself.
> I'm very eager to hear from anyone, who got workarounds/solutions to the
> above... but please, don't let my post disturb the main topic of the thread.
Joachim
