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Re: Command recall at prompt under linux. [message #30086]

Tue, 09 April 2002 06:27

David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001

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Reimar Bauer (r.bauer@fz-juelich.de) writes:

> David this seems to be after the decomposed question the most important.
> When did you add it to the Tip of the Month?

I hate to branch out to system administration, because
there would be no end to it (the war in Afghanistan comes
to mind). But this is easy enough to do. I'll add it later
today.

Cheers,

David
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Re: Command recall at prompt under linux. [message #30089 is a reply to message #30086]

Tue, 09 April 2002 03:58

R.Bauer
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Registered: November 1998

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David Fanning wrote:
>
> Laurent Mirioni (mirioni@astro.u-strasbg.fr) writes:
>
>> I'm running IDL 5.5 on my laptop under Mandrake 8.1, and I have a problem with
>> the command recall. I use IDL via the IDL-shell and the up-arrow doesn't
>> recall previous commands at the prompt...
>> It's also impossible to edit the current line without erasing (left arrow has no
>> effect, I can only use backspace), or to ask the TAB key to complete files name.
>> Does anyone know how to fix this ?
>>
>> (I am sorry if the answer to this was already given by the group but I didn't
>> find it despite my efforts...)
>
> Use the Goggle newsgroup search engine:
>
> http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search
>
> And search for the words "command line edit problem"
> in this newsgroup's archive.
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
> --

Here is the thread

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=+%22command+line+edit+prob lem%22+group:comp.lang.idl-pvwave&hl=en&selm=cde8023 7.0203261324.7b2df22%40posting.google.com&rnum=1

David this seems to be after the decomposed question the most important.

When did you add it to the Tip of the Month?

cheers

Reimar

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Re: Command recall at prompt under linux. [message #30095 is a reply to message #30089]

Tue, 09 April 2002 00:08

David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001

Senior Member

Laurent Mirioni (mirioni@astro.u-strasbg.fr) writes:

> I'm running IDL 5.5 on my laptop under Mandrake 8.1, and I have a problem with
> the command recall. I use IDL via the IDL-shell and the up-arrow doesn't
> recall previous commands at the prompt...
> It's also impossible to edit the current line without erasing (left arrow has no
> effect, I can only use backspace), or to ask the TAB key to complete files name.
> Does anyone know how to fix this ?
>
> (I am sorry if the answer to this was already given by the group but I didn't
> find it despite my efforts...)

Use the Goggle newsgroup search engine:

http://groups.google.com/advanced_group_search

And search for the words "command line edit problem"
in this newsgroup's archive.

Cheers,

David
--
David W. Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting
Phone: 970-221-0438, E-mail: david@dfanning.com
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Toll-Free IDL Book Orders: 1-888-461-0155

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