From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Murdie Subject: Re: [9fans] Getting started in Plan9 - help To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Cc: John Murdie In-Reply-To: <3C4BEBD7.84085768@strakt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; charset=us-ascii Message-Id: Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 10:40:45 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 3f92ac54-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > - Why doesnt/Can rc have autocomplete and filename completion as in > bash ? This has become so neccessary. If you put the command history editor in the shell, then you can only use it in the shell; if you use another shell from time to time, then you have to learn to use that shell's (different) history mechanism. It's far better to use a single, general, command history mechanism provided by your terminal emulator or Acme (which is so more than a terminal emulator). There is a slight loss from the shell and the command history editor being separated, I know. Incidentally, I hate command completion predictors; they remember my typing mistakes days, weeks or months later, either hesitating to show me the full, correct, command because of my previous mistake or, worse, confidently complete my command with the mistake! -- John A. Murdie Experimental Officer (Software) Department of Computer Science University of York England