Re: mksh vs. pdksh

[Dom <toyer@rpdom.net>]

On 22/06/13 20:47, Jeff Shearer wrote:
> Good day,
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> One feature I have used for at least 20 years with various verions of ksh is the ability to escape and scroll through my .history file using the lower case letters k and j when vi is designated as my editor in my .profile.� I just implemented mksh which is the supposed replacement for pdksh in
> Debian but I am unable to scroll through my .history file using the lower case letters k and j.� I am however able to scroll through my history file using the arrow keys.
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> Is there a way to implement the scroll via lower case letters k and j when vi is selected as your editor with mksh?

I've never used mksh or pdksh, but when I used to use ksh on unix 
systems I recall I used to have to "set -o vi" to enable that facility.

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Dom