joc@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (11/02/90)
Is there a way to retrieve previously typed commands in UNIX similar to the way IBM's VM/CMS does it, ie, hit the retrieve key and the previous command appears and may now be edited on the command line? Alan Wenban wenban@ee.cornell.edu
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (11/02/90)
In article <1990Nov1.121612.724@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> joc@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: >Is there a way to retrieve previously typed commands in UNIX similar >to the way IBM's VM/CMS does it, ie, hit the retrieve key and the >previous command appears and may now be edited on the command line? Similar functionality has been implemented in several versions of both the Bourne/Korn shell and the C-shell, and there have also been some separate interactive editing "wrappers" posted in the past. Many terminals and windowing systems now support interactive mouse-driven edit-displayed-text-and-send-as-though-typed; the AT&T 630 I'm typing this one has such a feature. If you have a UNIX System V Release 2 or later source license and send a copy of it to me along with a reel of 1/2" magtape, I can put the sources for the BRL version of the Bourne shell on it and return it to you. Our version supports essentially all the useful user-interface features found in various enhanced Bourne/Korn and C- shells, without some of the unnecessary baggage. I'm sure you can also find ways to obtain "bash", "tcsh" (yuck), and other enhanced shells. Have fun.
jeffs@bcs800.UUCP (Jeff Smith) (11/03/90)
In <1990Nov1.121612.724@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> joc@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: >Is there a way to retrieve previously typed commands in UNIX similar >to the way IBM's VM/CMS does it, ie, hit the retrieve key and the >previous command appears and may now be edited on the command line? Try using the K Shell (ksh), it supports command line editing using the vi editing commands, maybe even other editors like emacs. Both Bourne and C-shell do not support command line editing that I know of. jeffs -- Jeff Smith | #include <stdDisclaimer.h> Brock Control Systems | uucp: ...!gatech!emory!bcs800!jeffs Technical Support | bitnet: hadadax@gsuvm1.bitnet | jiffy: length of time it takes me to solve tel: +800 444 3070 | your problem by killing your process.
prc@erbe.se (Robert Claeson) (11/04/90)
In a recent article jeffs@bcs800.UUCP (Jeff Smith) writes: >Try using the K Shell (ksh), it supports command line editing using >the vi editing commands, maybe even other editors like emacs. Sure, aside from vi editing, it supports both Gnu and Gosling emacs editing. For those who don't have ksh or can't get it, an alternative might be the partially ksh-compatible "bash" from the Free Software Foundation. -- Robert Claeson |Reasonable mailers: rclaeson@erbe.se ERBE DATA AB | Dumb mailers: rclaeson%erbe.se@sunet.se | Perverse mailers: rclaeson%erbe.se@encore.com These opinions reflect my personal views and not those of my employer.
brnstnd@kramden.acf.nyu.edu (Dan Bernstein) (11/04/90)
In article <1990Nov1.121612.724@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> joc@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes: > Is there a way to retrieve previously typed commands in UNIX similar > to the way IBM's VM/CMS does it, ie, hit the retrieve key and the > previous command appears and may now be edited on the command line? Check out pmlined 1.5, just posted to alt.sources. It gives you command-line editing on your status line, just like good old VM/CMS. With ^B and ^F you can flip back and forth through recent commands and edit them to be sent through again. That should be what you want. You can use pmlined with any application, not just your favorite shell. Other keys: ^H and ^L give you left-right motion within the line. Characters typed are inserted, and long lines are scrolled horizontally, with arrows indicating unseen chunks. Delete erases to the left. ^W erases a word; ^U erases the entire line to the left. ^A toggles between edit (and history) mode and sending characters through to the native tty driver. ^V lets you enter any character literally. ^D sends the current part-line through, and exits if the application receiving its output does. pmlined is just a few hundred lines, proving that line disciplines don't have to be hard to program. Feel free to modify it to your taste. It should work anywhere pty is installed. ---Dan