You also have the improved vi, vim in OpenSolaris
->which vim
/usr/bin/vim
Richard L. Hamilton wrote, On 01/31/10 09:43:
> I think option vi-tabcomplete is pdksh, not real ksh. I don't know what
> shell uses option tabcomplete.
>
> AFAIK, real ksh will do tab completion in either emacs or vi editing mode.
> (I don't
> use tab completion myself, 'cause I'm faster without such things).
>
> I don't think you need to do anything to get history (in bash, I think you
> need to
> set HISTFILE, but in ksh, if it isn't set, it should use $HOME/.sh_history).
>
> In vi editing mode, an escape followed by a "k" (vi cursor up command) will
> move
> backward to the previous command, escape followed by a / and then some
> characters
> would search for those characters, etc.
>
> If you're not used to using vi, you may find you prefer emacs mode - it's
> more like
> DOS command line editing, since it doesn't have a separate command and input
> mode.
>
>
>> Thanks you very much for the tips;
>> The .KSHRC is set up in this way
>> bash-3.00$ more .kshrc
>> set -o tabcomplete
>> set -o viraw
>> _TAB_Complete=1
>>
>> he .profile file is configured as
>> # This is the default standard profile provided
>> to a user.
>> # They are expected to edit it to meet their
>> own needs.
>> SHELL=/bin/ksh
>> set -o vi-tabcomplete
>> set -o vi
>> set -o viraw
>> MAIL=/usr/mail/${LOGNAME:?}
>>
>> how can i set the TAB completation and the history
>> things?
>>
