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From: sjg@zen.void.oz.au (Simon J. Gerraty)
Subject: Re: Returning from X and running ksh
Message-ID: <1994Apr26.002906.26630@zen.void.oz.au>
Organization: Zen programming...
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1994 00:29:06 GMT
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rudy@cbnewsj.cb.att.com (avram.r.vener) writes:
>On a cmpletely different problem,  has anyone else experienced the 
>bugs I found in ksh?  When I redirect a simple ls command from the ksh to
>a file the files is filled with garbage characters. The output of the ls
>redirected into the file, but after all that garbage. 

Until the next release or patch, you should have compiled pdksh with
-D__386BSD__  to  prevent a call to fseek() in the stream flush code. 

> ... Also, hitting the 
>escape key in ksh does not place me in the command lind editor, and yes I have 
>FCEDIT defined.   Any words of wisdom here?

Yes, add 

set -o vi_or_emacs

to your $ENV file to ensure you get what you want.  pdksh will check
FCEDIT,EDITOR and VISUAL (in that order) to try and detect an editor
preference.  

Also, reporting bugs/problems to maintainer might get quicker response :-)


-- 
Simon J. Gerraty        <sjg@zen.void.oz.au>

#include <disclaimer>   /* imagine something _very_ witty here */