VMS utilities

[Dave Ciemiewicz]

In article <745 at key.COM>, sjc at key.COM (Steve Correll) writes:
> In article <8904051044.aa10317 at SMOKE.BRL.MIL>, JORDAN at gmr.COM writes:
> > VMS has a console handler that allows one to edit previous commands by
> > using the up arrow key.  For me, this is far superior than the history
> > commands used in UNIX.  Has anyone out there written any routines out
> > there to emulate this on a UNIX system?
> 
> MIPS systems have an optional emacs-like line editor built into both "csh" and
> "dbx"; it has roughly the same functionality as the VMS handler, but uses
> control-characters rather than the arrow keys (unfortunately, though you can
> customize it to use the control-keys of your choice, you can't make it use the
> arrow keys).
> 
> The SGI Irises based on the MIPS CPU lack this useful feature (though the SGI
> "dbx" manual even mentions it briefly). Is somebody at SGI listening who might
> have mercy on us fumble-fingered users who dislike cardpunch-style editing
> with "!" and "^"?
> -- 
> ...{sun,pyramid}!pacbell!key!sjc 				Steve Correll

At they moment, you will have to settle for second sources for command line
editing features.  For csh users, tcsh is available in the public domain
(don't ask me where).  tcsh is a superset of csh and supports command line
editing.  I believe this is what MIPS Computers supports as their csh.
You may also need csh source for this.

KSH-88 is a superset of sh and is available from the AT&T Unix System
Toolchest.  One major feature is that it supports both vi and emacs style
command line editing.  AT&T System V.4 will replace sh with KSH-88.
If you have a modem, call 1-201-522-6900 and log in as "guest".  From
there you can recieve instructions on how to obtain KSH-88 and other goodies.

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