From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Nov 11 16:50:41 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id QAA29023 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:50:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from luomat.peak.org (port-13-ts3-gnv.da.fdt.net [209.212.132.108]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id QAA28982 for ; Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:50:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from luomat@luomat.peak.org) Message-Id: <199811112136.QAA17079@ocalhost> Content-Type: text/plain MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: From: Timothy J Luoma Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:36:38 -0500 To: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. Smorgrav ) Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG References: <19981110090436.07651@welearn.com.au> <199811101223.HAA09493@ocalhost> Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Author: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. Smorgrav ) Date: 11 Nov 1998 12:46:18 +0100 ID: > Timothy J Luoma writes: > > Tab-completion saves many many keystrokes and typos. > > Yes. I wouldn't think it'd be too much work to add this to sh. But it already exists in zsh > > Being able to move to the left&right along the current line is very nice. > > You can do that in sh. Not the sh on my NeXT, not without deleting stuff > > Being able to write a function at the commandline is quite helpful. > > You can do that in sh. Not the sh on my NeXT Sounds like you've already got a more functional sh than the "standard" sh (if such a thing can still be said to exist) TjL To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message