Perfect.� Thanks.� I included your command in my .profile.� Works like a charm.
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Subject: Re: mksh vs. pdksh
From: "Dom" <to...@rpdom.net>
Date: Sat, June 22, 2013 4:29 pm
To: debian-user@lists.debian.org
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> On 22/06/13 20:47, Jeff Shearer wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> Good day,
>>
>>
>>
>> One feature I have used for at least 20 years with various verions of ksh is
>> the ability to escape and scroll through my .history file using the lower
>> case letters k and j when vi is designated as my editor in my .profile.� I
>> just implemented mksh which is the supposed replacement for
pdksh in
>> Debian but I am unable to scroll through my .history file using the lower
>> case letters k and j.� I am however able to scroll through my history file
>> using the arrow keys.
>>
>>
>> Is there a way to implement the scroll via lower case letters k and j when
>> vi is selected as your editor with mksh?
>>
>
> I've never used mksh or pdksh, but when I used to use ksh on unix
> systems I recall I used to have to "set -o vi" to enable that facility.
>
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Thanks,
Jeff Shearer, CISA, CISSP
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