Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2000 06:05:38 -0500 From: splite@purdue.edu To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/contrib/tcsh - Imported sources Message-ID: <20000418060538.A4058@leela.cs.purdue.edu> In-Reply-To: <200004180001.RAA28074@bubba.whistle.com>; from archie@whistle.com on Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 05:01:04PM -0700 References: <20000416185507.B43688@linkfast.net> <200004180001.RAA28074@bubba.whistle.com>
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[Cc:'s trimmed] On Mon, Apr 17, 2000 at 05:01:04PM -0700, Archie Cobbs wrote: > Matthew Fuller writes: > > I think the point is a far bigger portions of users are surprised by how > > unfriendly and useless the root shell is. 'What, I don't have tab > > completion?' 'What, I don't have <up> <down> command history and > > editing?' etc. > > What do people think of adding this to the default .cshrc > > bindkey ^W backward-delete-word > > This makes input more consistent with the standard tty driver. > Instead of deleting the entire line, ^W just deletes the previous word. > I always end up having to do this. I found tcsh reasonably compatible with my csh fingers after adding these to my .cshrc: bindkey ^[ complete-word bindkey ^W backward-delete-word unset addsuffix unset autologout Though I imagine the first one will cause the tcsh users to cry foul, it would help satisfy POLA. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-arch" in the body of the message
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