mikhe@tragicomix.liu.se (Mike Henry) (10/03/88)
In article <12831@cisunx.UUCP> ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) writes: >In article <6388@ut-emx.UUCP> mjl@ut-emx.UUCP (mjl) writes: >> Shift-cursor-right sends cursor to end of line. >> Shift-cursor-left sends cursor to beginning of line. >>The only other function I'd perhaps like to see is a 'clear-field' >>function -- having the previous input still hanging around is great ... >gadget. Shift-cursor-right or left moves the cursor to the beginning or >end of the line. Right-Amiga-X clears the string gadget. Right-Amiga-Q >restores the gadget to it's original contents after you've screwed it ... >Actually, I'd like to see a few more features in there myself, like >deleting words, moving cursor by a word, insert/replace toggle, and the >like. Now, here's the beef !!! Why don't we try and aim for an expanded and more "standardized" CLI editing features ??? As for ME, I would prefer editing functions that mimicked EMACS editing commands, i.e.: ^p Previous Command | ^a Go to Start of Line ^e Go to End of Line | ^k Kill to End of Line M-d Delete Word (could be ^w instead) and so on... It would make it a lot easier to remember to, at least for those who use EMACS (what about "cat >ENV:CLI-Edit-style DME ^D" or, or... B^) and it would be great for "cat >foo.txt", I would get a full fledged editor under cat and, and... Ok, I'm cracking up, but wouldn't it be nice to have some more CLI editing features ??? >------------ >Eric Kennedy >ejkst@cisunx.UUCP --Mike -- UUCP : mikhe@majestix.liu.se OR /// {seismo,mcvax,munnari}!enea!liuida!majestix!mikhe /// ARPA : mikhe%majestix.{ida.liu.se,UUCP}@seismo.CSS.GOV \\\/// SNAIL: Mike Henry, Alsattersg. 3C:20, S-582 51 Linkoping SWEDEN \XX/