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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.wildstar.net!news.sdsmt.edu!news.mid.net!newsfeeder.gi.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!howland.reston.ans.net!EU.net!news.eunet.fi!news.spb.su!satisfy.kiae.su!glukr!info.elvisti.kiev.ua!office.elvisti.kiev.ua!stesin From: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin) Subject: Re: FreeBSD cmd line editor / text editor recommends? X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2+] Sender: news@info.elvisti.kiev.ua (News Subsystem) Organization: ElVisti Information center Message-ID: <DtBA6t.2yM@info.elvisti.kiev.ua> References: <4psnen$p9h@hermes.athenet.net> X-Nntp-Posting-Host: office.elvisti.kiev.ua Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 18:32:53 GMT Lines: 22 Brian (riff_one@athenet.net) wrote: : I am running a 386-40, 8mb, FreeBSD 2.1.0 RELEASE : I am looking for some recommendations for a shell : that has a built in command line editor or a package : that I can add into an existing shell. try to tell: set -E to a plain FreeBSD /bin/sh, and you should get a Emacs-style builtin command line editor working. -- With best regards -- Andrew Stesin. +380 (44) 2760188 +380 (44) 2713457 +380 (44) 2713560 "You may delegate authority, but not responsibility." Frank's Management Rule #1.