Subject: Re: ksh [was: Re: miniroot for NetBSD/i386?]
To: Igor Sobrado <igor@string1.ciencias.uniovi.es>
From: Hubert Feyrer <feyrer@cs.stevens.edu>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/12/2005 21:28:20
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Igor Sobrado wrote:
>> Actually I wouldn't mind if those "other" implementations would catch up
>> with pdksh - it's mostly the (missing) tab completion on Solaris that
>> keeps me from switching.
>
> Indeed, but you can press <Esc> twice for completion:
>
> $ ssh sismica0.geol.uniovi.es
> sobrado@sismica0.geol.uniovi.es's password:
> Last login: Mon Dec 12 10:03:28 2005 from altair.ciencias
> Sun Microsystems Inc.   SunOS 5.9       Generic May 2002
> $ set -o emacs
> $ cat .pro<Esc><Esc>     -> $ cat .profile
> [...]
>
> Ok, it is not perfect but it works (at least for files, not for
> commands in the user's path).  ;-)

IIRC this only works if you do NOT have the VISUAL env var set.
Kinda strange...


  - Hubert