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From: mikhe@tragicomix.liu.se (Mike Henry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Command Line Editing (WAS: Re: ARP questions)
Summary: Is an EMACS like CLI editing a good idea ???
Message-ID: <951@tragicomix.liu.se>
Date: 3 Oct 88 04:59:55 GMT
References: <6388@ut-emx.UUCP> <12831@cisunx.UUCP>
Organization: CIS Dept, Univ of Linkoping, Sweden
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In article <12831@cisunx.UUCP> ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) writes:
>In article <6388@ut-emx.UUCP> mjl@ut-emx.UUCP (mjl) writes:
>>	Shift-cursor-right sends cursor to end of line.
>>	Shift-cursor-left  sends cursor to beginning of line.
>>The only other function I'd perhaps like to see is a 'clear-field'
>>function -- having the previous input still hanging around is great
 ...
>gadget.  Shift-cursor-right or left moves the cursor to the beginning or
>end of the line.  Right-Amiga-X clears the string gadget.  Right-Amiga-Q
>restores the gadget to it's original contents after you've screwed it
 ...
>Actually, I'd like to see a few more features in there myself, like
>deleting words, moving cursor by a word, insert/replace toggle, and the
>like.

	Now, here's the beef !!! Why don't we try and aim for an expanded and
	more "standardized" CLI editing features ??? As for ME, I would
	prefer editing functions that mimicked EMACS editing commands, i.e.:

	^p	Previous Command	|	^a	Go to Start of Line
	^e	Go to End of Line	|	^k	Kill to End of Line
	M-d	Delete Word (could be ^w instead)
	and so on...

	It would make it a lot easier to remember to, at least for those who
	use EMACS (what about "cat >ENV:CLI-Edit-style DME ^D" or, or... B^)
	and it would be great for "cat >foo.txt", I would get a full fledged
	editor under cat and, and...

	Ok, I'm cracking up, but wouldn't it be nice to have some more
	CLI editing features ???

>------------
>Eric Kennedy
>ejkst@cisunx.UUCP

		--Mike
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