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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.eng.convex.com!newshost.convex.com!news.duke.edu!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!plug.news.pipex.net!pipex!tube.news.pipex.net!pipex!dish.news.pipex.net!pipex!handbag.tecc.co.uk!parody.tecc.co.uk!not-for-mail From: james@parody.tecc.co.uk (James Raynard) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: PC-keyboard config Date: 18 Jan 1996 01:03:18 -0000 Organization: A FreeBSD box Lines: 27 Message-ID: <4dk68m$4la@parody.tecc.co.uk> References: <4dgreq$82@wn.aksi.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost In article <4dgreq$82@wn.aksi.net>, Jeremy Dobrick <morpheus@aksi.net> wrote: > >I was just wondering if there is a way to get FreeBSD to utilize a >standard PC keyboard layout. For example when I used to use Linux the up >arrow key would bring up my last command and I could edit lines with the >arrow, backspace, and delete keys. This doesn't seem to be the case under >FreeBSD's default settings. Is the a way to change this, or is it time >for me to hit the old O'Reilly Termcap book? It's all a question of default shells. Linux has bash (Bourne-again shell) as the default, FreeBSD has csh (C Shell) as its default, which is considerably older and whose history editing facilities are somewhat less friendly/bloated (delete according to choice). To install bash on your system (assuming you have the ports distribution), do # cd /usr/ports/shells/bash # make install # echo '/usr/local/bin/bash' >> /etc/shells # chpass -s /usr/local/bin/bash your_login_name and it'll be there the next time you login! James -- Segmentation fault (core dumped): cannot find file '.signature'