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From: stesin@elvisti.kiev.ua (Andrew V. Stesin)
Subject: Re: FreeBSD cmd line editor / text editor recommends?
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Brian (riff_one@athenet.net) wrote:
: I am running a 386-40, 8mb, FreeBSD 2.1.0 RELEASE

: I am looking for some recommendations for a shell
: that has a built in command line editor or a package
: that I can add into an existing shell.

	try to tell:

		set -E

	to a plain FreeBSD /bin/sh, and you should get a Emacs-style
	builtin command line editor working.

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	With best regards -- Andrew Stesin.

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