From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 9693 invoked from network); 10 Oct 1997 10:08:49 -0000 Received: from math.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by ns1.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 10 Oct 1997 10:08:49 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by math.gatech.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) id GAA19394; Fri, 10 Oct 1997 06:01:54 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 05:57:53 -0400 (EDT) From: fk5a005@rrz.uni-hamburg.de Message-Id: <9710100958.AA18224@rzaix42.rrz.uni-hamburg.de> Subject: @ in bindkey -v and control-x ( in bindkey -e To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu (zsh usersgroup) Date: Fri, 10 Oct 1997 11:58:36 +0200 (DFT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] Content-Type: text Resent-Message-ID: <"7liWK2.0.Lj4.XmVFq"@math> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/1073 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu i wrote it before but no reply. it seems i am the only one who misses the ability to call macros like one normally does in vi with @. again: such macros begin with _ and a letter. they are aliases that start like this: alias _a='ithis is a test^[hhh' now, if i do a @a the following would happen. the shell would change to input-mode in the bindkey -v mode. would right "this is a test to the shell" (absolute nonsense, of course!) and then change to command-mode and step back 3 letters. that is one command that is useful and i think, it has been forgotten. (most people use the emacs-mode) the other thing that is really useful and is implemented in the bash (i think, ksh and pdksh, too) is control-x ( this starts a macro in emacs-mode. this macro is stopped with control-x ) and executed with control-x e. this is missing , too. the zsh should have it! besides the zsh is still a killer shell of course! -- Matthias (this message came from Hamburg/Germany) -- Matthias (this message came from Hamburg/Germany) wwwwwwwww email-alias: kopf@rrz.uni-hamburg.de wwwwwwwwwwwwww http://www.dowco.com/cmd/matthias/jv-1080.html wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww