Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1997 10:23:59 +0800 (HKT) From: Greg Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.ORG> To: gemork@online.no Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG (FreeBSD Chat) Subject: Re: OS/2 users going to FreeBSD? :-) Message-ID: <199706190224.KAA00390@papillon.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199706181850.UAA21225@online.no> from Geir Eivind Mork at "Jun 18, 97 08:49:02 pm"
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Geir Eivind Mork writes, in lines of 110 characters: > X-Mailer: PMMail 1.92 For OS/2 (Excuse me if I rearrange your text to fit in 80 character wide windows) > But I was using 4os/2 as my primary shell in Os/2, how can I emulate > it's features (except alias) in BSD (I use the standar shell in > BSD).. Like the TAB feature, the doskey-alike feature (browse > previous commands) etc. I don't know what the TAB feature does, but if it's used for filename completion, bash does that. You can also browse (and search) the command history. > And btw; Can I use some sort of macro in the prompt ? Like I did in > dos/4os? Like the famous $p$g? I haven't figured out something like > that from the man(uals) Yes, bash will do this as well. Greg
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