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From: duplain@rtf.bt.co.uk (Andy Duplain)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: dosedit style command edit in UNIX?
Message-ID: <1991Apr14.090638.25344@rtf.bt.co.uk>
Date: 14 Apr 91 09:06:38 GMT
References: <1991Apr10.212905.2234@cimcor.mn.org>
Organization: BT Customer Systems, Brighton, UK
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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.

The Korn shell can do this.

Try these in your .kshrc file, using emacs editing mode:

alias __A=		# cursor up
alias __B=		# cursor down
alias __C=		# cursor right
alias __D=		# cursor left
alias __H=		# start of line (home)
alias __F=		# end

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