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From: slade-stephen@YALE.ARPA (Stephen Slade)
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Subject: Re: Aegis Vs. Unix
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Date: Wed, 10-Jun-87 00:35:12 EDT
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        Much of the functionality of the C-shell isn't needed on the Apollos.  I
        rarely use the history functions (!!, etc.) on the Apollos because
        "Again" and C&P are so much handier, and I'm sure there are other
        examples.
    
    "again" and "cut and paste" are a bearly adequate replacement for csh
    history functions.  The problem is interposed program output, which causes
    command lines to be scrolled off the page, requiring a lot of keystrokes to
    find an reexecute commands.  A better solution than either of these is the
    technique used in the ksh where simple key sequences pan back through the
    history file, selecting those lines which were specifically entered as
    commands.  I'd rank the csh second in usability of this function and the DM
    last.
    
Note: the DM's "undo" command serves exactly this function when typed to 
an input pad.  This is usually much more convenient than history hacking
or "again" with cut and paste.  In a departure from accepted practice, I
shall refrain from expressing any deep sentiments about adherents of the
UNIX user interface beyond those implicit in the following verse.

    "Eunuchs, abortive Platonists and priests
     Speak always very wisely about love."
        - Theodore Spencer, An Act of Life (1944)

--Stephen Slade
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