Re: Command history in ComOS 3.3.3? (fwd)

Frank Heinzius (frimp@mms.de)
Thu, 5 Dec 1996 13:25:04 +0000

Hi,

On 30 Nov 96 at 15:42, Jacob Suter wrote:

[...]
>
> Heres the problem I can see (like the 2400 debate)...
>
> Who's version of the up-arrow will livingston support? Ansi, VT-52,
> VT-100, VT-220, VT-320.... the list goes on and on...
>

Oh no, just use some control characters:

^P for previous line, ^A for start of line, ^E for end of line and so
on. Just look into command line history of tcsh or bash.
It could even work with teletype emulations. Anyone remembering the
old EDIT from VAX/VMS on LA36? Nice thing...

Frank

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