Ksh cursor keys (Was: who uses which shells)

[Stan Brown]

> 
> Okay fellows, ksh is wonderfull. One of its most powerfull features is
> command line editing. You can use your familiar editor-style to edit them.
> 
> But WHY does ksh not allow cursor (=arrow) keys to be used? Vi does. Emacs
> does. Even VMS does it.
> 
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	vi does not always allow use of the arrow keys.  For example
	on Fortune termials they send [Escape]]]letter][Cr]  this
	causes  it to pitch fits .

	stan



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