Subject: Re: ksh bugs and behaviour questions
To: None <tech-userlevel@netbsd.org>
From: Thomas Klausner <wiz@danbala.ifoer.tuwien.ac.at>
List: tech-userlevel
Date: 12/18/2002 02:12:18
On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 04:58:25PM -0500, Greg A. Woods wrote:
> > . <UP><DOWN> doesn't give back an empty line
> >   bash does this; ksh remains on the last line in the history
> 
> That's a good thing!  :-)  (^U is your friend here)
> 
> (ksh93 is quite broken -- I'm not sure how to describe its behaviour)

I tried it, it gives back an empty line, but additionally emits a bell.
Whatever that should be good for...
I think getting back the empty line (or whatever you started to type on
it!) is better behaviour than what pdksh does here.
 Thomas

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