[ On Mon, December 9, 1996 at 12:24:46 (+0100), Frank van der Linden wrote: ]
> Subject: Re: bin/3011: ftp could be smarter with host:/path and URL's
>
> Those features is what I'd call 'too far'. No, it wouldn't be hard
> to, say, use libedit for ftp. But.. it's a file transfer program.
> But if you do this, a case could be made to add extensions like this
> to any other program that has a command-line-like interface. So..
> where to stop?

<full-sarcasm-mode>
Well, why does the shell need command-line editing?  After all anyone
who want's a decent UI is already using Windows 95!
</full-sarcasm-mode>

IMHO I'd say any program which implements a command-line interpreter
should have the option of using something like libedit to enhance its
user-interface.  This goes for full shells, and things like ftp(1).

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