Subject: RE: Wanted a better console
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Michael D. Spence <spence@panix.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 09/03/2003 21:35:08
> -----Original Message-----
> From: netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org
> [mailto:netbsd-help-owner@NetBSD.org]On Behalf Of Gilbert Fernandes
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:39 PM
> To: Karim Belbachir
> Cc: Gilbert FERNANDES; Subhro; netbsd-help@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Wanted a better console
> 
> 
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2003 at 03:24:20PM +0100, Karim Belbachir wrote:
> 
> > You can also make ksh behave like the emacs mode of bash, 
> that is, using
> > TAB for both command and file completion, by writing those lines:
> > 
> > set -o emacs
> > bind '^I'=complete
> > bind '^I'=complete-list
> > 
> > Be careful to write the bind commands in the that order else it does
> > not work.
> 
> Thanks for the tip, I didn't knew =)

The default NetBSD shell seems to be csh.

1) Is there a way to do the emacs mode thing with csh, and
2) What would happen if I changed the root shell?  I'm
reluctant to do this lest I break something.