mliverig@VERITY.COM (Mike Liveright) (01/09/90)
1) I have started using "bash" and its great... Of course I have a few questions/comments... 2) Thanks for the configuration that supports arrow keys... 3) Is there a resonable way to cut down its size. When I do a "ls" I get the following: -rwxrwxr-x 1 root 598016 Dec 27 19:29 /usr/local/bin/bash -rwxrwxr-x 1 root 204800 Sep 17 10:11 /usr/vbin/tcsh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 106496 Apr 9 1988 csh -rwxr-xr-x 1 root 73728 Apr 9 1988 sh I realize the memory is cheep, but is is realy nessary for bash to be 2.5 to 8 times as big as the others. In addition, is this just disk space, or in fact is bash eating up 1/2 Mb of my virtual space? 4) I have two configuration settings that I'd like to suggest. 4.1) Id like to be able to turn off the bell when I backspace past the initial character of the line while still maintining it when there are errors, such as no completion, I think. 4.2) Id realy like to be able to eliminate the "*" at the beginning of the line when I have altered the command. At least Id like to have the "*" over-write an initial blank in the prompt rather than inserting itself. I don't like to have the line move over. Im still enjoying the shell, thanks...