Quoting Lindsay Allen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > On Sat, 5 May 2001, Joost van der Lugt wrote: > > > I've been looking into this for a litle bit and am unable to find an > > answer. This is a feature AFAIK only implemented by SuSE: > > > > At a prompt type one or more characters then use Page Up/Page Down > > to scroll through all commands that started with these characters. > > So typing: > > > > cd > > > > would then give a 'scrollable' list of anything that started with cd > > simply hit enter when you reach the command you were looking for.
Yes, that's what I do, only I use up/down arrow because my fingers are used to that (the Debian default, and Dec VMS before that). > "\e[B": history-search-forward > "\e[A": history-search-backward > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This worked flawlessly in potato, but is messy in sid. No, I don't know > why, but I would like any hints on how to fix it. I'm not sure what hints to give, when I have no idea what you mean by "messy". Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.