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From: emmonsl@athena.ecs.csus.edu (L. Scott Emmons)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: dosedit style command edit in UNIX?
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Date: 11 Apr 91 17:44:55 GMT
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In article <1991Apr10.212905.2234@cimcor.mn.org> dick@cimcor.mn.org (Dick Schlotfeldt) writes:
>The MS-DOS public domain TSR 'dosedit' keeps a circular
>stack of recently executed commands. The user may retrieve the
>most recent command with a single keystroke (up-arrow), next
>most recent with an additional keystroke, etc. The user may also
>edit a selected command with simple cursor motion and overtype
>or character insertion.
>
>Is UNIX so sophisticated that no one has been able to implement
>such a simple-minded utility? 

Well, the 'command stack' is already there, at least in csh and ksh via
the command history...  Try the newest newcsh, it has vi-type editing
of the command history.  Ksh has this feature as well.  I still prefer
the standard csh type command retreival though: !!, !?, !$, et.al.  Old
habits die hard (even the good ones!)

			L. Scott Emmons
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