From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 18 15:41:28 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from tungsten.btinternet.com (tungsten.btinternet.com [194.73.73.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61C4837B873 for ; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 15:41:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org) Received: from [213.1.206.67] (helo=parish.my.domain) by gadolinium with esmtp (Exim 2.05 #1) id 12hcnj-0001Fj-00; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:32:43 +0100 Received: (from mark@localhost) by parish.my.domain (8.9.3/8.9.3) id TAA03229; Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:33:00 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mark) Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 19:33:00 +0100 From: Mark Ovens To: Alfred Perlstein Cc: Chanandler Boing , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to get Command Buffer Message-ID: <20000418193300.E232@parish> References: <3.0.6.32.20000417112721.008f7810@futuresoft.com> <20000417100256.G4381@fw.wintelcom.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <20000417100256.G4381@fw.wintelcom.net>; from bright@wintelcom.net on Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 10:02:56AM -0700 Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 10:02:56AM -0700, Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Chanandler Boing [000417 09:57] wrote: > > Hello, > > > > How can I get a Command Buffer on FreeBSD 4.0? By Command Buffer, I mean > > that you hit the Up Arrow and it types the last command you entered. > > > > I've got this in RH Linux and SCO, so I assume it's easy to do in FreeBSD. > > I'd sincerely appreciate your help on this. > > run 'sh' then type 'set -o emacs' > or ``set -E''. Can you tell me what needs adding to ~/.profile to make this the default behaviour when starting sh(1)? Come to think about it, ~/.profile is probably not the best place as I usually start sh(1) from a csh(1) prompt (so it isn't a login shell). > or install another shell from /usr/ports/shells/ > > -- > -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] > "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- ...and on the eighth day God created UNIX ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message