Comments on: Looking for help http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/ Life, Linux and Technology Thu, 26 Jan 2012 02:40:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ubuntu | Alexandre Vassalotti: Welcome to Mr. Crystal Ball http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Ubuntu | Alexandre Vassalotti: Welcome to Mr. Crystal Ball Sat, 07 Apr 2007 21:54:21 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=83#comment-364 [...] to do anything, because Meta+P and Meta+N are already bound to these two functions. Incidentally, Steven Harms is advocating to enable this feature by default in Ubuntu, for Bash’s users. Personally, I am not sure if it’s really [...] [...] to do anything, because Meta+P and Meta+N are already bound to these two functions. Incidentally, Steven Harms is advocating to enable this feature by default in Ubuntu, for Bash’s users. Personally, I am not sure if it’s really [...]

]]> By: Alexandre Vassalotti » Welcome to Mr. Crystal Ball http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Alexandre Vassalotti » Welcome to Mr. Crystal Ball Sat, 07 Apr 2007 20:55:37 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=83#comment-363 [...] to do anything, because Meta+P and Meta+N are already bound to these two functions. Incidentally, Steven Harms is advocating to enable this feature by default in Ubuntu, for Bash’s users. Personally, I am not sure if it’s really [...] [...] to do anything, because Meta+P and Meta+N are already bound to these two functions. Incidentally, Steven Harms is advocating to enable this feature by default in Ubuntu, for Bash’s users. Personally, I am not sure if it’s really [...]

]]> By: Trevor http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Trevor Sat, 07 Apr 2007 14:50:06 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=83#comment-362 That's brilliant! Definitely something which will make the shell even faster for me to use. I think it should definitely be enabled by default. That’s brilliant! Definitely something which will make the shell even faster for me to use. I think it should definitely be enabled by default.

]]> By: Styles #ubuntu-offtopic http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-361 Styles #ubuntu-offtopic Fri, 06 Apr 2007 23:49:59 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=83#comment-361 You should try out "fish" it does that and more i.e. real time syntax highlighting on the command line. it's in the repos. just apt-get install fish add the bellow line to the end of your .bashrc file if [ $SHELL == /bin/bash ]; then fish; fi You should try out “fish” it does that and more i.e. real time syntax highlighting on the command line. it’s in the repos.

just

apt-get install fish

add the bellow line to the end of your .bashrc file

if [ $SHELL == /bin/bash ]; then fish; fi

]]> By: Porges http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-360 Porges Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:20:14 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=83#comment-360 I prefer plain old 'up' and 'down': <code>"\e[A": history-search-backward "\e[B": history-search-forward</code> Also, I set my bash history to eliminate duplicates. I prefer plain old ‘up’ and ‘down’:
"\e[A": history-search-backward
"\e[B": history-search-forward

Also, I set my bash history to eliminate duplicates.

]]> By: firephoto http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-359 firephoto Fri, 06 Apr 2007 20:14:39 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=83#comment-359 /etc/inputrc # alternate mappings for "page up" and "page down" to search the history # "\e[5~": history-search-backward # "\e[6~": history-search-forward It's commented out by default (obviously) and also the other mapping for page up/down. /etc/inputrc

# alternate mappings for “page up” and “page down” to search the history
# “\e[5~”: history-search-backward
# “\e[6~”: history-search-forward

It’s commented out by default (obviously) and also the other mapping for page up/down.

]]> By: Johnny Chadda http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Johnny Chadda Fri, 06 Apr 2007 19:37:01 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=83#comment-358 A very handy feature indeed, but maybe ctrl-r is good enough for most people. A very handy feature indeed, but maybe ctrl-r is good enough for most people.

]]> By: Stoffe http://www.sharms.org/blog/2007/04/looking-for-help/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Stoffe Fri, 06 Apr 2007 17:37:24 +0000 http://www.sharms.org/blog/?p=83#comment-357 It's probably pretty easy to research this, but I think it would be useful to have an example on how to implement this (locally) to try it out on the wiki page, something that could just be pasted into .bash_profile. It sounds like a great idea, and so does the extra ideas in the comment section. It’s probably pretty easy to research this, but I think it would be useful to have an example on how to implement this (locally) to try it out on the wiki page, something that could just be pasted into .bash_profile.

It sounds like a great idea, and so does the extra ideas in the comment section.

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