Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 17:39:34 +0100 From: Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> To: Parag Patel <parag@cgt.com> Cc: "Matthew N. Dodd" <winter@jurai.net>, Daniel O'Connor <darius@dons.net.au>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Command-line editing [was NetWare client in -current] Message-ID: <19990914173933.B17847@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <2138.937280099@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> References: <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> <2138.937280099@pinhead.parag.codegen.com>
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On Mon, Sep 13, 1999 at 08:34:59PM -0700, Parag Patel wrote: > On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:23:36 BST, Dominic Mitchell wrote: > > > >On Fri, Sep 10, 1999 at 11:15:12AM -0700, Parag Patel wrote: > >> Growing up programming on a KL-10, I still think the correct place for > >> line-editing is in the driver. Hell - it's already doing basic > >> erase/kill line editing as it is. Then you don't have to hack every > >> command-line app to get line-editing. > > > >Yeah, but how do you specify completion then? > > Same way termcap/termlib would be handled. :) Would that allow for the flexibility of, say zsh's programmable completion? And then combined with my right hand side prompt? It gets complicated very quickly. -- Dom Mitchell -- Palmer & Harvey McLane -- Unix Systems Administrator "vi has two modes the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesnt." -- Anon. ********************************************************************** 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. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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