Re: proposed small change to .cshrc
: :On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 04:52:29PM -0800, Matt Dillon wrote: : :> If you just hit the up or down arrow without having partial text on the :> line, it works just like normal history. Once you start using it, :> you will never be able to go back. : :As a side note - this is usually mapped to escpae-p - it is very useful. : : David. Yes, but not as a multi-key keystroke. Up-arrow is a thousand times easier to hit. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: proposed small change to .cshrc
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 04:52:29PM -0800, Matt Dillon wrote: > If you just hit the up or down arrow without having partial text on the > line, it works just like normal history. Once you start using it, > you will never be able to go back. As a side note - this is usually mapped to escpae-p - it is very useful. David. To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: proposed small change to .cshrc
:Matt Dillon writes: :> if ( $?tcsh ) then :> bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word :> bindkey -k up history-search-backward :> bindkey -k down history-search-forward :> endif : :Why do you need the 'up' and 'down' ones.. doesn't it already do that :without explicit configuration? : :-Archie This is the history *search* function. Lets say you did a complex 'find' command 5 minutes ago and a hundred intervening commands since, and you want to run the 'find' again. You type: % fin If you did a bunch of find's, hit up arrow as many times as necessary. You can type as few or as many characters as you like prior to hitting the up arrow, depends on what you are looking for. If you just hit the up or down arrow without having partial text on the line, it works just like normal history. Once you start using it, you will never be able to go back. This is how the Amiga used to do it. It's the only right way. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: proposed small change to .cshrc
Matt Dillon writes: > if ( $?tcsh ) then > bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word > bindkey -k up history-search-backward > bindkey -k down history-search-forward > endif Why do you need the 'up' and 'down' ones.. doesn't it already do that without explicit configuration? -Archie __ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: proposed small change to .cshrc
On Tue, 9 Jan 2001, Peter Wemm wrote: > Matt Dillon wrote: > > > > :On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 09:45:14AM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote: > > : > > :> +if ( `basename $SHELL` == "tcsh" ) then > > :> +bindkey ^W backward-delete-word > > :> +endif > > : > > :I generally test for tcsh like this: > > : > > : if ( $?tcsh ) then > > : bindkey ^W backward-delete-word > > : endif > > : > > :-- > > :Jon Parise ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . Rochester Inst. of Technology > > > > How about this: > > > > if ( $?tcsh ) then > > bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word > > bindkey -k up history-search-backward > > bindkey -k down history-search-forward > > endif > > I was about to write a 'over my dead body' here, but I tried it out and > discovered that the POLA (for tcsh users) is not too bad after all. In > fact, I think I will add this to my .tcshrc :-) Just use bash ;-) -- Dan Eischen To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: proposed small change to .cshrc
Matt Dillon wrote: > > :On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 09:45:14AM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote: > : > :> + if ( `basename $SHELL` == "tcsh" ) then > :> + bindkey ^W backward-delete-word > :> + endif > : > :I generally test for tcsh like this: > : > : if ( $?tcsh ) then > : bindkey ^W backward-delete-word > : endif > : > :-- > :Jon Parise ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . Rochester Inst. of Technology > > How about this: > > if ( $?tcsh ) then > bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word > bindkey -k up history-search-backward > bindkey -k down history-search-forward > endif I was about to write a 'over my dead body' here, but I tried it out and discovered that the POLA (for tcsh users) is not too bad after all. In fact, I think I will add this to my .tcshrc :-) Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: proposed small change to .cshrc
:On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 09:45:14AM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote: : :> +if ( `basename $SHELL` == "tcsh" ) then :> +bindkey ^W backward-delete-word :> +endif : :I generally test for tcsh like this: : : if ( $?tcsh ) then : bindkey ^W backward-delete-word : endif : :-- :Jon Parise ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . Rochester Inst. of Technology How about this: if ( $?tcsh ) then bindkey "^W" backward-delete-word bindkey -k up history-search-backward bindkey -k down history-search-forward endif For personal use I also do (for tcsh): set prompt = "%m:%/%# " But the Amiga-style integrated history search is the feature I use the most. Having a multi-thousand line history actually becomes useful. -Matt To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
Re: proposed small change to .cshrc
On Tue, Jan 09, 2001 at 09:45:14AM -0800, Archie Cobbs wrote: > + if ( `basename $SHELL` == "tcsh" ) then > + bindkey ^W backward-delete-word > + endif I generally test for tcsh like this: if ( $?tcsh ) then bindkey ^W backward-delete-word endif -- Jon Parise ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) . Rochester Inst. of Technology http://www.csh.rit.edu/~jon/ : Computer Science House Member To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
proposed small change to .cshrc
I think the patch below (in some form) was agreed upon a while ago but nobody actually committed it.. in any case, are there any objections? This makes it so if root's shell is /bin/tcsh then CTRL-W erases only the previous word instead of the entire line. Thanks, -Archie __ Archie Cobbs * Packet Design * http://www.packetdesign.com Index: src/etc/root/dot.cshrc === RCS file: /home/ncvs/src/etc/root/dot.cshrc,v retrieving revision 1.27 diff -u -r1.27 dot.cshrc --- dot.cshrc 2000/05/28 15:09:31 1.27 +++ dot.cshrc 2001/01/09 17:44:00 @@ -27,4 +27,7 @@ set history = 100 set savehist = 100 set mail = (/var/mail/$USER) + if ( `basename $SHELL` == "tcsh" ) then + bindkey ^W backward-delete-word + endif endif To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
