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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 10:11:31 +0100 (BST)
From: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <dave AT aps5 DOT ph DOT bham DOT ac DOT uk>
Reply-To: "Dr.D.J.Picton" <dave AT aps5 DOT ph DOT bham DOT ac DOT uk>
Subject: Re: Various shell problems
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> From: Christopher Faylor <cgf-idd at cygwin dot com> 
> To: cygwin at cygwin dot com 
> Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 14:47:30 -0400 
> Subject: Re: Various shell problems 
> References: <200308181839 DOT TAA08416 AT aps5 DOT ph DOT bham DOT ac DOT uk> 

> On Mon, Aug 18, 2003 at 07:37:35PM +0100, Dr.D.J.Picton wrote:

[snip]

> > I'll refer to this type of input as  
> >'simple' input.  For example, if I create a file using the cat command:
> >
> >cat > test
> >
> >the line editing facilities are very limited. 
[snip]

> i.e., "Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows"

Just to clarify matters...
I wasn't complaining about the limited functionality, only about a change
in the 'stty erase' setting which reduced the functionality still further!
On a Unix system the choice is really a matter of personal preference, but
in the Cygwin environment there are good reasons to use backspace in 
preference to delete.


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