Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!gatech!emcard!sdba!stan From: stan@sdba.UUCP (Stan Brown) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: Re: Ksh cursor keys (Was: who uses which shells) Message-ID: <267@sdba.UUCP> Date: 31 May 88 18:01:57 GMT References: <1887@mhres.mh.nl> Organization: S. D. Brown & Assoc. Atlanta, Ga Lines: 23 Posted: Tue May 31 14:01:57 1988 > > Okay fellows, ksh is wonderfull. One of its most powerfull features is > command line editing. You can use your familiar editor-style to edit them. > > But WHY does ksh not allow cursor (=arrow) keys to be used? Vi does. Emacs > does. Even VMS does it. > > -- > Johan Vromans | jv@mh.nl via European backbone > Multihouse N.V., Gouda, the Netherlands | uucp: ..{uunet!}mcvax!mh.nl!jv > "It is better to light a candle than to curse the darkness" vi does not always allow use of the arrow keys. For example on Fortune termials they send [Escape]]]letter][Cr] this causes it to pitch fits . stan -- Stan Brown S. D. Brown & Associates 404-292-9497 (uunet gatech)!sdba!stan "vi forever"