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Date: Fri,  4 Nov 2005 01:06:19 +0000
From: Uriel <uriell@binarydream.org>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] tab completion and command history in rc
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On Thu, Nov 03, 2005 at 07:59:26PM -0500, Rian Hunter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm very very new to Plan 9 and I'm very conscious of the fact that  
> things are done differently if not better than in the unix family. In  
> bash and in some versions of csh and sh there is tab-completion and  
> command history (you get these effects by pressing tab or up,  
> respectively, on the keyboard). Does that exist in rc, or is it done  
> in different way in Plan 9?
> 
> Also on my keyboard my directional buttons no longer work, so in a  
> terminal window running in rio it's very frustrating when I get to  
> the bottom of the window and have to use the mouse to scroll down or  
> press enter twice. Is there a way so that the command line always  
> stays in sight in the terminal window? or, are there other key  
> sequences I can use to simulate up down left and right (similar to  
> hjkl in vi or ctrl+n or ctrl+p in emacs/bash).
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Rian Hunter