* David Wright <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [May 08. 2001 18:41]: > Quoting Lindsay Allen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > On Sat, 5 May 2001, Joost van der Lugt wrote: > > > > > 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. > > Yes, that's what I do, only I use up/down arrow because my fingers > are used to that (the Debian default, and Dec VMS before that). > > > "\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. > > I'm not sure what hints to give, when I have no idea what you > mean by "messy".
Well finally had some time, and as said it seems all to be in the inputrc: "\e[5~":history-search-backward "\e[6~":history-search-forward this made Page up/down do the desired, but suddenly also the arrows keys displayed similar behaviour:-) (then you don't have it and then you have it double) However since the left/right arrows in my aterm have been screwed for a while I 've decided to just put suse's complete inputrc in my home directory, which is kind of funny, but it works. > > Cheers, > > -- > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 > Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA > Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify > official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Cheers, Joost van der Lugt
