Rocky Bernstein wrote: > Many thanks for the explanation. I've just updated bashdb CVS to add an > edit style (emacs/vi) and which will give more complete readline > handling in entering debugger commands. > > There still is some weirdness in how history retrieval works, but I need > to isolate what's going on there. > > And it looks like in bash 4.0 alpha there is a problem regaring this > particular case.
Actually, I tested in bash-4.0 and got the right results before I tried bash-3.2. What are you seeing? > It would be really great to note somewhere in the "bind" and "read" > builtin sections (if not also under "set' and "emacs and 'vi" that > there is some interaction between these settings and how the bind and > read builtins work. If you want me to suggest some text, I'd be happy to. The thing that would probably have done the most good is an error message: (bind: line editing not enabled). Chet -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer Chet Ramey, ITS, CWRU [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/~chet/
