In message <scb6caec.062@aapt-gwia2.aapt.com.au>, "Richard Grace" writes:
>This is something which has been on my mind for a long time.
>
>I use the Korn shell, have done for years, and I like vi commands.
>
>When executing ksh, the following things work:
>
>  Solaris ->  # exec ksh -o vi
>  FreeBSD ->  # exec ksh -o vi
>
>But, on NetBSD, I don't get vi commands.  I must do it like this:
>
>  # exec ksh
>  # set -o vi
>
>And, the following does not work in my .profile the same as it
>does on Solaris or FreeBSD
>
>  if [ $SHELL == '/bin/ksh' -o $SHELL == '/usr/bin/ksh' -o $SHELL == '/usr/loc
>al/bin/ksh' ]
>   then set -o vi
>  fi
>
>Is this the intended behaviour on NetBSD?  Is there something
>I can do to change this?
>
>KSH_VERSION='@(#)PD KSH v5.2.14 99/07/13.2'
>
What ksh did you use on Solaris?  The real, Dave Korn-authored one?  Or 
this one, which Dave never touched?  There are a fair number of minor 
incompatibilities, and one of these days I'm going to get around to 
downloading Dave's and compiling it.

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