🚀 go-pugleaf

I have an idea to use GNU's Readline Library and History Library to make an
Amiga shell front-end which will allow one to edit the current command
line using either vi or emacs editing commands.  This will also allow you to
search your command history rather effortlessly.  I feel that any Shell,
be it Amiga or UNIX have the ability to edit a command line and search one's
command history and that these functions be configurable.  I think that this is
a step in the right direction.


I am more familiar with UNIX that with AmigaDOS and exec and hence this might
seem like a relatively easy or difficult project ... 

My question: How does one pass a command line to the shell and then have
the shell parse and execute it?

I have considered looking at Matt Dillon's C Shell however I really don't want
to be wasting my time.  Does anyone in netland have a simple solution or
a suggestion as to where I should concentrate my time and effort.  Or maybe 
one of you would ask why I even want to undertake such a project.  Comments
anyone ...

Please reply as and where (i.e., email or netnews) you see fit.  Thank
you in advance.

				Steve


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Steve March						(H) 344-5303
Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois	(W) 333-7408 
							  
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