From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 20406 invoked from network); 28 Feb 1997 21:53:11 -0000 Received: from euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (list@130.207.146.50) by coral.primenet.com.au with SMTP; 28 Feb 1997 21:53:11 -0000 Received: (from list@localhost) by euclid.skiles.gatech.edu (8.7.3/8.7.3) id QAA23576; Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:45:36 -0500 (EST) Resent-Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:43:59 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1997 16:42:12 -0500 From: mito@sprynet.com (Louis-David Mitterrand) To: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu Subject: zsh and 4DOS X-Mailer: Mutt 0.57 Mime-Version: 1.0 Reply-To: mito@sprynet.com Resent-Message-ID: <"F4esx1.0.dk5.U6r5p"@euclid> Resent-From: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/731 X-Loop: zsh-users@math.gatech.edu X-Loop: zsh-workers@math.gatech.edu Precedence: list Resent-Sender: zsh-workers-request@math.gatech.edu >>From time to time I have to reboot my computer from Linux and drop to W95. Being addicted to the command-line I work 90% in a DOS box and with the 4DOS command intrepreter the experience is not too bad. 4DOS is a really nice DOS shell, nearly as good as bash (zsh is untouchable:). Two of its features are really nice: - CTRL-PgUp or PgDown pops-up a window at the top corner of the screen (curses-like) which enables you to cycle through the directory stack with the arrow keys. - PgUp or PgDown pops-up a history window in the same way. IMHO is't useful to actually _see_ your history without blindly keying the arrows. I know: the fc command... but this one clears your screen by scrolling it up, a temporary pop-up is better. Oh, another nice feature: you can specify a minimum history entry size, say 3 characters, to avoid cluttering your history list with small commands. Flame me if zsh already has this last one: I didn't find it in the docs. -- Louis-David Mitterrand (Formula 1): http://www.zoom.com/mito/ (Java page): http://www.zoom.com/mito/quote/ mito@sprynet.com