Re: Backspace and delete
On Fri, 12 Dec 1997, Santiago Vila Doncel wrote:
> Related question: Current bash is patched to recognize /etc/inputrc.
Not bash, but libreadline (it's used by bash and many other programs).
> Why don't we use "export INPUTRC=/etc/inputrc" in /etc/profile, instead?
> (Would this make patching unnecessary?)
Because the goal is to have _both_ a system-wide inputrc _and_ a
user-specific one.
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Enrique Zanardi ezanardi@ull.es
Dpto. Fisica Fundamental y Experimental Univ. de La Laguna
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