* Lindsay Allen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [010506 08:53]: >On Sat, 5 May 2001, Joost van der Lugt wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I've been looking into this for a litle bit and am unable to find an >> answer. This is a feature AFAIK only implemented by SuSE: >> >> At a prompt type one or more characters then use Page Up/Page Down >> to scroll through all commands that started with these characters. >> So typing: >> >> cd >> >> would then give a 'scrollable' list of anything that started with cd >> simply hit enter when you reach the command you were looking for. >> >> I know Ctrl-r and am familiar with ! but they are not as nice, and >> really not the same. >> Would anybody have a clue as to how this could be implemented? >> >> I don't think it is shell dependent, so I don't think it's a bash >> option but I could very well be wrong. >> (Tried the dotfile generator, but don't see anything there) >> >> The option is _really_ addictive therefor my post:) >> Thanks, >> >> -- >> Cheers, >> >> Joost van der Lugt >> >> >> -- >> To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> > >Try this in your .~/inputrc :- >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ># set show-all-if-ambiguous On >"\e[1~": beginning-of-line >"\e[3~": delete-char >"\e[4~": end-of-line > ># Invoke these to implement 4DOS style command search using Home and End keys >"\e[B": history-search-forward >"\e[A": history-search-backward >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >This worked flawlessly in potato, but is messy in sid. No, I don't know >why, but I would like any hints on how to fix it. >
Mmm, tried this, does not work directly, but it does give me a point to start looking from, I will be reading some info about libreadline, see what that brings up. thanks for the hint. I will post it if I find something. > -- Cheers, Joost van der Lugt
