On 2005-03-26 16:20, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 10:12:26AM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: >> The csh shell of more likely not, tcsh, is more friendly for >> interacticve use than the sh shell. Those who like the sh type >> syntax nowdays use the derivative bash as their shell. It is also >> more interactive friendly than plain sh. > > BTW, why doesn't sh include readline(3) or some other kind of command > line editing capability? The only reason for using bash over sh is for > many people the lack of a decent command line editor function in > sh. Footprint perhaps?
It does. You can enable either emacs-style line editing with: $ set -o emacs or vi-style command line editing with: $ set -o vi Note though that tab completion is not supported for commands or filenames, AFAIK, so you may still want to stick with bash. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"