Re: What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC.
In the last episode (Jul 08), parv said: in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote DanB thusly... What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC? A shell. At least bash2 ksh93 can, depending upon configuration. Most newer shells use TAB instead of ESC, because ESC also starts cursor and function key sequences. -- Dan Nelson [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC.
Heh... The version of PDKSH in the FreeBSD ports does that. I found it rather annoying that (for some reason) tab completion didn't work, but ESC completion did. To set the options for PDKSH, or most any other shell, look at the output of set -o. DanB wrote: What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC? Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC.
What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC? The shell tcsh does this, except that it uses TAB instead of ESC. I think that is safer. Probably some other more modern shells also do something like this. Just type /bin/tcsh (or /usr/local/bin/tcsh - depending on which version you have somewhere in OS 4.xx FreeBSD began putting tcsh in /bin as part of the standard distribution) and then you are working in that shell. You can also put this shell in your /etc/passwd file as your login in shell (providing you have permission to modify the passwd file). Then you will automatically be in that shell when you log in. Just a caution: Don't use a shell for root in the /etc/passwd file that is not in the root file system. So, if you have a /usr file system, for example, don't use /usr/local/bin/tcsh or whatever because it might not be available if that other file system cannot be mounted for some reason. But, /bin/tcsh should always be OK, since almost no-one (in their right mind) would make /bin a separate file system. You can make a copy of /usr/local/bin/tcsh in /bin if that is your situation) Use either chsh(1) or vipw(8) to modify the passwd file. Also, make sure that this shell - full path - is listed in /etc/shells. jerry Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC.
What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC? Dan ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC.
in message [EMAIL PROTECTED], wrote DanB thusly... What program let you finish typing a file name when you hit ESC? A shell. At least bash2 ksh93 can, depending upon configuration. - Parv -- ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
