From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue Sep 14 15:55: 6 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from pinhead.parag.codegen.com (207-44-235-154.CodeGen.COM [207.44.235.154]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 25165152C4 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:54:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parag@pinhead.parag.codegen.com) Received: from pinhead.parag.codegen.com (parag@localhost.parag.codegen.com [127.0.0.1]) by pinhead.parag.codegen.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA07899 for ; Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:54:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from parag@pinhead.parag.codegen.com) To: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Command-line editing [was NetWare client in -current] In-Reply-To: Message from Oliver Fromme of "Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:44:50 +0200." <199909142144.XAA05633@dorifer.heim3.tu-clausthal.de> X-Face: =O'Kj74icvU|oS*<7gS/8'\Pbpm}okVj*@UC!IgkmZQAO!W[|iBiMs*|)n*`X ]pW%m>Oz_mK^Gdazsr.Z0/JsFS1uF8gBVIoChGwOy{EK=<6g?aHE`[\S]C]T0Wm X-URL: http://www.codegen.com Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 15:54:50 -0700 Message-ID: <7895.937349690@pinhead.parag.codegen.com> From: Parag Patel Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 14 Sep 1999 23:44:50 +0200, Oliver Fromme wrote: >It _is_ in one place if it's in a library. And personally >I think that's exatly where it belongs. Does libedit ring >a bell...? Yes, I know about libedit and libreadline. My point is I shouldn't have to alter any command-line app to link to and use some library just to get command-line editing in it. Worse, each app uses a different library with different configuration, syntax, API, and so on. If your zsh is configured to put the prompt on the right, why shouldn't everything else do the same? Yet another library is not an answer - it just adds to the problem. Anyway, command-line apps have been obsolete for years, so I guess we should go on and find better things to argue about. :) -- Parag Patel To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message