Tim Golden wrote: > As it happens, (and I suspect I'll have to don my flameproof suit here), > I prefer the Windows command line to bash/readline for day-to-day use, > including in Python. Why? Because it does what I can't for the life of > me get readline to do: you can type the first few letters of a > previously-entered command and press F8. This brings up (going backwards > > with further presses) the last command which starts like that. And > *then* > you can just down-arrow to retrieve the commands which followed it. > If someone can tell me how to do this with bash/readline I will be > indebted to them and it will increase my chances of switching to Linux > a bit! (Although not at work where I have no choice!) I use XP as my main desktop(because of many fine details) then VNC/X into my linux box. But command line in Windows is in no way in the same league as *nix shell. Use <tab> for command completion and up/down arrow or <ctrl-R> to search for history. _____________________________________________________________________
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