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From: eric@fudge.uchicago.edu (Eric Fischer)
Subject: Re: NetBSD1.1 newbie - PLEASE help!
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I said,

> NetBSD's sh doesn't have filename completion, though I can give you a
> patch to add it if you want.

Jeremy Williams <jeremyw@usa.net> replied,

> If that patch (I assume) works on a mac, I'd like to have a copy <<si
> vous plait>>.

I would think it would, though I've only run it myself on a Sparc.  Be
aware, too, that this hasn't really been tested thoroughly and doesn't
have all the features it really ought to.  In particular, it only works
in canonical mode (as in not when emacs or vi is set) because I haven't
figured out how to interface it to the libedit library.  But if that
doesn't scare you off, you can get a copy from

  http://rainbow.uchicago.edu/~eric/sh.patch

Have fun, and if you make any improvements to it please let me know.
Does anyone know what sort of politicking (if any) you have to get
something like this made part of the standard distribution?

Eric