Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!timbuk!cs.umn.edu!atc!s5000!nightowl!hawkmoon!det From: det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG (Derek E. Terveer) Newsgroups: comp.os.misc Subject: Re: UNIX mind-set -> OK, OK! Message-ID: <1991Jan15.224612.7276@hawkmoon.MN.ORG> Date: 15 Jan 91 22:46:12 GMT References: <5340@idunno.Princeton.EDU> <1991Jan14.170115.17178@Think.COM> <1991Jan15.033636.24714@Think.COM> Organization: Home System (One of the Eternal Champions); Eagan, MN, 55123-2507, USA Lines: 14 barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: >In my opinion, an interactive mechanism is a much better basis for an >abbreviation design. For instance, you could type "L*74" and then hit a >control or function key that would cause the string to be replaced by the >matching filenames (or maybe it would beep if the wildcard matches multiple >files). You can do this in ksh. Typing a "*" or "=" on top of the "L*74" will provide either expansion or a list of what the exansion would look like. -- Derek "Tigger" Terveer det@hawkmoon.MN.ORG - MNFHA, NCS - UMN Women's Lax, MWD I am the way and the truth and the light, I know all the answers; don't need your advice. -- "I am the way and the truth and the light" -- The Legendary Pink Dots