Re: sh shell emacs mode

[Menuhin Saitov <menuhin%msaitov.de@localhost>]

On Sat, 13 Jun 2009, Giles Lean wrote:

> I don't understsand what you mean by "write on shell" but taking a guess
> that you want command history and emacs command line editing mode for
> all your interactive shells, here are a couple of suggestions:
I mean that i have open xterm.
> a) quick try: add 'set -o emacs' to your .profile and see if that
>   does what you want
It doesn't work.
> b) (longer) I use /bin/ksh as my login shell, and have emacs mode
>   and history working
>
>   My configuration is probably overly complex -- it's arisen over many
>   years and many different Unix and ksh flavours -- but it works.
>
>   1. .profile sets ENV=$HOME/.kshrc and exports ENV
>
>   2. .kshrc contains the line 'set -o emacs'
>
>   There are various complications about trying to avoid work for
>   non-interactive shells (some of this dates back 20 years to some slow
>   machines), tweaking of the shell prompt, and some platform specific
>   stuff, but I think that's all you need for NetBSD's ksh.
>
>   NetBSD's /bin/ksh (a.k.a. "pdksh") does not store command history
>   between sessions so far as I know.  If you need that, you might need
>   to consider using bash.
>
> Giles
It is similar to sh,
but it doesnt work i put it in .shrc and ENV is .shrc on ksh it works but 
sh not.

Menuhin

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