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!)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 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. [darren kirby] > Try ctrl-r in bash, then type your first few letters... Thanks to both of you. But that much I already knew. It's not that I have *no* knowledge about readline: I did at least read the manuals when I got stuck! But as far as I can tell from my experience and from the docs -- and I'm not near a Linux box at the mo -- having used ctrl-r to recall line x in the history, you can't just down-arrow to recall x+1, x+2 etc. Or can you? (Sorry guys; I realise this is more stuff for comp.os.linux or comp.commandlineshells.bash or whatever it's called. But if someone *did* know the answer, I'd be really happy!) TJG ________________________________________________________________________ This e-mail has been scanned for all viruses by Star. The service is powered by MessageLabs. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit: http://www.star.net.uk ________________________________________________________________________ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
