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Article #1104Re: Questions about rewriting the History function.
From: Bob Pendleton
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 14:37
Date: Thu, 25 Oct 1990 14:37
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From article <1990Oct21.010205.24695@cbnewsh.att.com>, by wcs@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs):
> In article <1990Oct19.165721.7584@polyof.poly.edu>, roseann@polyof.poly.edu,
> (RoseAnn Ammendolea) (or Marc someone using her account?) writes:
> ] I am working on a senior project to rewrite the history function for UNIX.
> The other good thing about VMS, besides HELP, was command editing.
> It probably only worked for VT100 terminals, but it was there and easy.
I wrote a program called ile (input line editor) a few years ago that
implements VMS style command line and history editing in unix. I then
extended it to give you an emacs like history editing interface.
It works by using a pty/tty pair to wedge itself between the user and
the program you are using. I'll send a copy to anyone who asks.
Bob P.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!uplherc!esunix!bambam!bpendlet From: bpendlet@bambam.UUCP (Bob Pendleton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.programmer,comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: Questions about rewriting the History function. Message-ID: <2846@bambam.UUCP> Date: 25 Oct 90 14:37:22 GMT References: <1990Oct21.010205.24695@cbnewsh.att.com> Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City, Utah Lines: 21