root@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (10/13/89)
I set EDITOR, VISUAL, and FCEDIT to "emacs" but I still can't do emacs-style
command line editing with the KSH that came with the Development System with
Microport 3.0e. Is this a known bug or have I just missed setting something?
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In article <1989Oct12.211230.3356@mccc.uucp> root@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) writes: > I set EDITOR, VISUAL, and FCEDIT to "emacs" but I still can't do > emacs-style command line editing with the KSH that came with the > Development System with Microport 3.0e. Is this a known bug or > have I just missed setting something? The original version of ksh I received with my Microport 3.0e system did not support emacs-style editing. I believe that it has to be enabled in the source at compilation time. The replacement ksh executable I obtained from the Microport BBS disks does support emacs-style command line editing. I've been using it since June with no problems. *************************************************************************** *Rock Kent rock@rancho.uucp POB 8964, Rancho Sante Fe, CA. 92067* ***************************************************************************
plocher@sally.Sun.COM (John Plocher) (10/15/89)
+--- In <1989Oct12.211230.3356@mccc.uucp> Pete Holsberg writes: | I set EDITOR, VISUAL, and FCEDIT to "emacs" but I still can't do emacs-style | command line editing with the KSH that came with the Development System with | Microport 3.0e. Is this a known bug or have I just missed setting something? +--- The Microport ksh was compiled to only support the "vi" mode. There was a newer version that supported both "vi" and "emacs" modes posted on the Microport BBS (R.I.P). The executable *is* on the "BBS disk set" avaliable from Microport (Last I heard, $US 20.00) You are doing all the right things, but the software is ignoring you. Get the "good" version and it will work (But, why do you want emacs mode anyway?) -John (inveterate vi user :-) Plocher P.S., Please, NO editor wars here! Use email to plocher@sun.com if you *MUST*...
pjh@mccc.uucp (Pete Holsberg) (10/17/89)
In article <1989Oct14.022346.20251@rancho.uucp> rock@rancho.uucp (Rock Kent) writes:
=The original version of ksh I received with my Microport 3.0e system
=did not support emacs-style editing. I believe that it has to be
=enabled in the source at compilation time. The replacement ksh
=executable I obtained from the Microport BBS disks does support
=emacs-style command line editing. I've been using it since June with
=no problems.
Thanks to Rock and the many who replied by email for pointing this out.
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