Subject: Re: command-line editing and "standard" shells.... (was: CVS commit: src)
To: NetBSD-current Discussion List <current-users@netbsd.org>
From: Simon Burge <simonb@telstra.com.au>
List: current-users
Date: 03/18/1999 15:51:41
Greg A. Woods wrote:

> [ On Wednesday, March 17, 1999 at 18:20:56 (-0400), David Maxwell wrote: ]
> > Subject: Re: CVS commit: src
> >
> > Hmm, I disklabeled the disk, and restored
> > the data onto it. Then I did checked the disk free space, then... then
> > he does a !d, and wipes the volume again because he really didn't do a df
> > before, etc. In single user mode, you're there to fix things that can't
> > be safely done in multi-user mode.
> 
> That's a problem with csh-style history, not with proper command-line
> editing where you always get to see what you'll execute before you hit
> return.

"bindkey ' ' magic-space".  Mmmmm, tcsh...

Simon.