Date: 12 Nov 1998 02:07:09 +0100 From: dag-erli@ifi.uio.no (Dag-Erling C. =?iso-8859-1?Q?Sm=F8rgrav?= ) To: Timothy J Luoma <public+FreeBSD@fdt.net> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X desktop contest? + Desktop Env Message-ID: <xzppvatvhvm.fsf@grjottunagard.ifi.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Timothy J Luoma's message of "Wed, 11 Nov 1998 16:36:38 -0500" References: <Pine.BSF.3.96.981109094722.19667A-100000@andrsn.stanford.edu> <Pine.BSF.4.05.9811092120310.7784-100000@gamefish.pcola.gulf.net> <19981110090436.07651@welearn.com.au> <199811101223.HAA09493@ocalhost> <xzppvauqwol.fsf@fenja.ifi.uio.no> <199811112136.QAA17079@ocalhost>
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Timothy J Luoma <public+FreeBSD@fdt.net> writes: > > Timothy J Luoma <public+FreeBSD@fdt.net> 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 Adding functionality to sh (I might add, functionality which does not interfere with the command parser / interpreter part of sh) is a hell of a lot less work than trying to figure out all the compatibility implications of replacing it with zsh or nameyourfavoritesh. > > > 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 See that Cc: line up there? It says we're not discussing NeXT :) > > > Being able to write a function at the commandline is quite helpful. > > You can do that in sh. > Not the sh on my NeXT See above. > Sounds like you've already got a more functional sh than the "standard" sh > (if such a thing can still be said to exist) To the best of my understanding, there is a "standard sh", but it's proprietary. DES -- Dag-Erling Smørgrav - dag-erli@ifi.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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