On 11/28/05, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 14:28, Nat Gross wrote: > > > Back in the days of MS-DOA (um, msdos), I had a little tsr (forgot > > about *that* tla) called 4DOS that enhanced the command line > > experience. The more I work at the linux command line, the more I miss > > some basic functions. Ok, we have scroll back history, but how about: > > > > 1. Typing a partial command that exists in history, hit <F8>, and the > > command either gets completed (if unique string), or a little menu is > > presented. > > Hit control-R for an emacs-like incremental-search through history. > There's a way to switch to vi-style but when I tried it long ago > it lost the up/down arrow scroll through history. Does anyone > know if that is fixed now? control-R! That's it! Yay! > > 2. Any command that involves a file or directory (in the current dir) > > can have the file/dir name auto-entered also via > > 'partial-string+function key'. > > Hit <tab> to have the command line auto-filled, or just use a wildcard > in the command if you don't need to see it first. Hey, this thing works even without the completion pkg installed. What gives? One more thing. How do I get the freakin DEL key to delete the char under the cursor and the backspace key to the left of the cursor, in Gnome? (Kde does it but I use gnome most of the time.) Thanks; -nat
