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From: krowitz@mit-kermit.UUCP.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Aegis Vs. Unix (command retrieval
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Date: Mon, 15-Jun-87 11:31:43 EDT
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I *would* be nice to be able to have portable display manager scripts,
but let's face it, there are no two vendors which use the same display
manager today. X-windows will be available from many vendors in a year
or so, but it is currently not a product.

I'm not certain what all the debate about the DM vs. csh history feature
is about ... The DM operates just as well in a BSD4.2 window as in an
AEGIS window. I use whichever feature (DM vs. !!) is more convenient at
the particular moment. I think we have to  make the distinction between
what features a display manager needs to have and what features the command
processor (the shell) should have.


                                   -- David Krowitz

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