Linda,
It works fine for me under MDK 7.0's pdksh. I don't know if it makes a
difference or not but I also
have the line
"VISUAL=/usr/bin/vi" in my .profile
I've been using pdksh since RH 4.0 never have had a problem. The only caveat
I've found is that
pdksh scripting won't pass variables from subroutines within the script.
Hope it helps
Mike Hahn
Linda Walsh wrote:
> Never saw this come through so reposting it...
>
> I wrote:
> >
> > I like to use the vi set of editing commands in my shell.
> >
> > I would put the 'set -o vi' in my .profile.
> >
> > Ok fine. In the days of RH5.x this worked. Then RH 6.0 and Mandrake 6.1
> > came out and it broke. It's still broken in RH 6.1 and MDK 7.0 but it
> > isn't broken in SuSE 6.3. Have done identical kernels between the distro's
> > and it's still only broken on MDK(&RH), so it's not there. The bash version
> > *looks* the same.
> >
> > The break is such:
> >
> > If you put the line in above to be automatically executed upon login,
> > you *won't* be able to use line editing, it will just beep at you when you
> > press ESC. Subsequent attempts to
> > 'set -o vi' have no effect**. If I *don't* put the line in .profile
> > (or .bashrc), then I can manually type it in each time I spawn a window
> > or remote login and that works.
> >
> > ** - Ahh...this is interesting. On a virtual tty console (ex. CTL-ALT-F2),
> > it ignores the "set -o vi" in the .profile, BUT I can type it in
> > interactively and have it work. But it doesn't work in X or with remote
> > login. Partly to do with pty's?
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this? Should I file a bug?
> >
> > --- also unrelated bit of weirdness -- when I post an email with a new
> > subject, it seems to get delayed by a day before coming back to me -- but
> > responses to other posts show up in under an hour. Coincidence?
> > Hallucination?
> >
> > thanks,
> > -linda
