( ESNUG 301 Item 10 ) -------------------------------------------- [10/15/98]
From: "Paul.Zimmer" <paul.zimmer@cerent.com>
Subject: Does Anyone, Anywhere Have An "ied" That Runs On SUN Workstations?
John,
Several years ago (through the wonders of ESNUG), I was introduced to a
very handy little program called "ied". ied sits between you and any
stdin/stdout program, and provides ksh-like command line history and editing.
It works on most everything, including ftp, and (ta-da!) dc_shell.
Well, I changed jobs from an all-HP shop (HP) to an all-SUN shop (Cerent),
and discovered, to my horror, that ied doesn't seem to exist on SUN.
So much for, "everything runs on SUN".
I've tried the Solaris news group, but without success. I thought that,
since I heard about ied on esnug originally, and since many ESNUG'ers
are probably multi-platform, perhaps someone in the esnug community
can point me at an ied equivalent for SUN (or LINUX - since then I might
be able to get the source code and compile it on SUN!).
I know many emacs users use emacs to do everything but pour their coffee,
so maybe emacs can do this? Being a vim kinda guy, I'd rather not
learn emacs, but re-typing (or mouse cut/paste) lines in dc_shell
is getting REALLY annoying.
Yes, I know about dc_shell's Csh-like history, and that would be the
cat's pajamas if this were 1978, but my expectations are somewhat higher
than that. I don't want to just recall a line, I want to EDIT the silly
thing!
- Paul Zimmer
Cerent Corporation
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