Edd Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Why would you want to be unable to edit the start of a long line? > > i think he wants line wrapping instead of scrolling. i know i do. :) > > Correct. > So I guess you can't turn it off?
No, you can't. And if you could, you would get something like csh's command line editing. (Try it.) If you want to be able to edit a long line over several screen lines, like in bash/readline, ksh needs to be linked to termcap and learn about arbitrary cursor positioning. The ksh single screen line edit mode is specifically designed NOT to need this, it just uses ^M to return to the first column and overprints the screen line. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
