Re: coupla things

Prof Jake Messinger (jake@ams.com)
Fri, 6 Dec 1996 22:26:15 -0600 (CST)

On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Jason Marshall wrote:

> > allows you to hit the up arrow to repeat the last command you typed. My
> > guess is that others would agree with me. Just a thought, no need to get
> > nasty...
>
> I disagree 100%. The concept is sound, but the up-arrow method is all
> wrong. Something like ^P, ^N, ^F, ^B, ^A, ^E (previous, next, forward,
> backward, beginning of line, end of line) like the bash command-line
> editor uses, would be easier to code, and quite standard across platforms.

I agree with the FIRST guy. Up arrow is standard for unix, linux, and dos.
In ANY case, history is definitely a good idea.