Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!melnik From: melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ofer Melnik) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Suggestion for 1.4 Message-ID:Date: 28 Jun 88 18:32:54 GMT References: <3150@louie.udel.EDU> Reply-To: melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu (Ofer Melnik) Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 25 In article <3150@louie.udel.EDU> C475141%UMCVMB.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Brian E Whitman) writes: |I haven't noticed this suggestion before on the net, but I feel that it |could be of great use to those of us who manage to mess up when typing |in commands. It is present on the IBM PC so I know that it would def- |inately be possible on a superior machine such as the Amiga. On the |IBM it is F3. This function key performs a retrieve of the last entered |command. Only suggestion to this would be to make it store more than |just the last command entered, maybe the last 8 commands. | |Who knows maybe this subbestion already exist in software somewhere. | |Thanks for the space for this case, till next case, I'll hide my face. | |Brian E Whitman |C475141@UMCVMB.BITNET In 1.3, there is a new shell which lets you edit commands with the left & right cursor keys, as well as scroll back previous commands with the up & down cursor keys. *VERY USEFUL* -Ofer -- Ofer Melnik Rutgers University melnik@topaz.rutgers.edu