On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 09:01 -0700, valentin antonescu wrote: > > >> Can anybody give me some hints about how to > convince > >> bash to behave the same? > > > >Not sure this answers your question... > > > >Well, you could either just type the command, filling > >several lines. Or > >you could end each line with a \ to continue on the > >next. > > > >Lars > > First thank you very much for your answer. Alas, as > you already guessed, this doesn't address my problem. > Let me try to explain it again. Long command lines are > supposed to be scrolled by bash. That is, when your > cursor reaches the very right-hand side of the window, > bash should continue the command on the next line. In > my case bash doesn't behave like this and I have no > ideea why. > My understanding is that the line wrapping is a property of the terminal emulator you are using, not of bash. Maybe you were looking in the wrong place for the setting to control this. Try starting a pure xterm and see if it does what you want. It behaves properly on the pretty standard FC4 system here. -- Graham Campbell <gc1111@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
