Cool, but it also begs the question as to why SQL*Plus doesn't have line editing capability?
Even in 9i, unless I don't know the keystrokes to do the line editing ... v/r Stephen S. Wolfe, GS-11, DAFC Data Services Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] (813) 827-9974 DSN 651-9974 > -----Original Message----- > From: Jeremiah Wilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2003 5:09 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > Subject: RE: Emacs on SQLPlus, er uh... SQLPlus on emacs. > > > I use SQL*Plus running under emacs shell every day. It is my > preferred way of: > > - Recording my sqlplus sessions so I can go back and search to see > what I did > - having an up-arrow comand history capability > - Having line editing capability > - editing SQL scripts in the same window where I am running > - everything else > > I came to prefer emacs because it has capabilities far in > excess of vi or any other unix editor. Because it is open > source software, many people have contributed over the years, > making the package extremely powerful. Also, I started on > Vax/VMS edt and eve/tpu, which are more like emacs than vi. > > There is an emacs OracleSQL mode, but I don't use it. I just > start emacs, META-X shell, then sqlplus... > > -- > Jeremiah Wilton > http://www.speakeasy.net/~jwilton > > On Fri, 25 Jul 2003, Orr, Steve wrote: > > > I agree with the developer vs. sysadmin generalization but this was > > not meant to be a post about favorite editors... It's about whether > > anyone has used or seen a SQLPlus "shell" running under emacs. Has > > anyone "witnessed" SQLPlus running under a well-configured emacs > > session and have impressions to share? > > > > The statistics I've heard are that 9 out of 10 > SysAdmin/DBA's use vi. > > I wonder what the breakdown is for Linux admins? Since > emacs is easy > > to implement I could see it gaining ground on Linux but > sometimes old > > dinosaur type SysAdmins are slow to evolve. :-) > > -- > Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net > -- > Author: Jeremiah Wilton > INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com > San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') > and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB > ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed > from). You may also send the HELP command for other > information (like subscribing). > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Wolfe Stephen S GS-11 6 MDSS/SGSI INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
