Re: A proposal to improve dselect
> > >>>>> "Hamish" == Hamish Moffatt <moffatt@yallara.cs.rmit.edu.au> writes:
> > Hamish> We should certainly not force a particular editor down
> > Hamish> anyone's throat, especially emacs :-)
> >
> > I think it is pretty safe to assume that many Linux people use BASH.
> > >From the bash manpage
> >
> > given. By default, the line editing commands are similar
> > to those of emacs. A vi-style line editing interface is
> > also available.
> > I don't remember seeing complains saying bash should certainly not
> > force emacs-bindings down someone's throat.
Two points. As far as I've noticed, bash (or specifically, readline)
does not use emacs keys all that much. Yes, I certainly prefer
arrow keys to vi's hjkl, but other dselect keys (especially
the search interface) are very non-intuitive to me. Hence,
while bash is using emacs bindings, it isn't to a very large-scale
degree, or at least it doesn't adversely affect me.
Secondly, I use tcsh for my interactive non-root accounts anyway.
I've used tcsh with vi bindings and it's a PITA.
hamish
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