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Date:      Thu, 14 Mar 1996 09:49:42 +1100 (EST)
From:      David Dawes <dawes@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
To:        lehey.pad@sni.de (Greg Lehey)
Cc:        erich@lodgenet.com, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: using ddb to debug a double-panic?
Message-ID:  <199603132249.JAA06168@rf900.physics.usyd.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199603131703.SAA19490@nixpbe.pdb.sni.de> from "Greg Lehey" at Mar 13, 96 05:59:42 pm

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>>>>> Seriously, Bruce (or anybody else): what kind of editing?  The main
>>>>> objection I have to vi-style editing in shells is that it is so
>>>>> ESC-intensive.  I suspect it's also more difficult to program, though
>>>>> I don't suppose that's the real problem.  If anybody has any
>>>>> alternatives to emacs-style bindings, please let me know a detailed
>>>>> description of how it should work.
>>
>> I'm definitly in favor of emacs-bindings, even the vi lovers here
>> hate the vi-mode in ksh,bash,...
>
>Noted.  I suppose we'll find out if anybody disagrees with you :-)

I disagree (someone has to :-).  I always use vi mode in tcsh.  My
fingers are definitely wired for vi.

David



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