Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:19:56 +0100 From: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: David Scheidt <dscheidt@enteract.com> Cc: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: What to tell to Linux-centric people?! Message-ID: <19990727141955.A66937@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.NEB.3.96.990727072219.68526A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>; from David Scheidt on Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 07:26:02AM -0500 References: <19990727125231.A66520@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> <Pine.NEB.3.96.990727072219.68526A-100000@shell-1.enteract.com>
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On Tue, Jul 27, 1999 at 07:26:02AM -0500, David Scheidt wrote: > Completion and the lack of ! history are the two things that get me. As > scripting language ksh is quite nice. It could do with floating point > math, which I hear ksh93 has. (Does anyone actually ship one?) It has completion, it's just not as convenient as it could be... As to ! history, 1) Why do you want this foul abomination? and 2) Look at ksh's "fc" cmd and it's "r" alias. Quite handy, although probably not as powerful as csh's history. Of course you've got interactive history, so it doesn't need to be. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator In Mountain View did Larry Wall Sedately launch a quiet plea: That DOS, the ancient system, shall On boxes pleasureless to all Run Perl though lack they C. -- ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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