Questions about rewriting the History function.

[Bob Pendleton]

From article <1990Oct21.0...@cbnewsh.att.com>, by w...@cbnewsh.att.com (Bill Stewart 201-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs):
> In article <1990Oct19....@polyof.poly.edu>, ros...@polyof.poly.edu,
> (RoseAnn Ammendolea) (or Marc someone using her account?) writes:
> ] I am working on a senior project to rewrite the history function for UNIX.

> The other good thing about VMS, besides HELP, was command editing.
> It probably only worked for VT100 terminals, but it was there and easy.

I wrote a program called ile (input line editor) a few years ago that
implements VMS style command line and history editing in unix. I then
extended it to give you an emacs like history editing interface.

It works by using a pty/tty pair to wedge itself between the user and
the program you are using. I'll send a copy to anyone who asks.

Bob P.
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