SUMMARY: csh command line editing

From: Ellen Davis <daviser_at_email.uc.edu>
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 1997 14:29:46 -0400

My original question:
> I cannot get the command line editing in csh to work. I have set editmode
> emacs but cannot recall commands. If I use the up arrow, I just get [A. I
> can edit the last command by using !!, but I cannot get other previous
> commands. What am I doing wrong?

Thanks to all who responded:

        Phil Farrell
        Sean O'Connell
        Thomas Erskine
        Richard Eisenman
        Kevin Oberman
        Paul A Sand
        SIMEONE, Allan J.
        Robert L. McMillin
        Carlos A M dos Santos
        David Bremer
        Peter Stern
        eli_elizur
        Robert Schuhl
        John T.
        Ollivier Robert

About half of thoses who responded suggest that I use tcsh instead of csh.
Using the suggestions of other respondants, I have found that using

set term=vt100
set editmode=emacs
set history=100

in the .cshrc fixes the problem with command recall. Also, filename
completion can be turned on by

set filec


 Ellen Davis
 Ellen.Davis_at_uc.edu
Received on Fri Sep 05 1997 - 20:42:24 NZST