Re: Edit Mode In Terminal.app

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From: Charles William Swiger
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 11:35

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Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.next.misc: 9-Nov-92 Edit Mode In
Terminal.app by Sulistio Muljadi@sutro.S 
> I have found that using editmode emacs in Terminal.app is very useful...
> I have been using it for years... and now I missed it on other UNIX
> platform since my work doesnt use any NeXT...  
> Is there any way to get that emacs editmode into other UNIXes, such as SGI,
> Sun, AIX, HP-UX?  For those of u who dont know what is the emacs editmode,
> type set editmode = emacs in ur Terminal.app shell, and use ur Emacs
> keys...

You need to compile a new shell for the other UNIX machines if you want
to use the "emacs-y" features.  The NeXT csh is a very close copy of the
cmucsh, which may or may not be available on the standard UNIX FTP
sites.  Failing that, try either ksh or bash.

-Chuck


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From: cs4w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Charles William Swiger)
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Subject: Re: Edit Mode In Terminal.app
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Date: 10 Nov 92 11:35:59 GMT
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