[ksh93-integration-discuss] Re: /etc/ksh.kshrc for ksh93 [PSARC/2006/587 Timeout: 10/24/2006]

[Glenn Fowler]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006 21:38:53 -0400 Richard Lowe wrote:
> Don Cragun wrote:

> [heavy snipping]

> > ksh93 itself does not set a default editing mode; it would be a
> > standards violation to do so.  In an interactive shell, in-line editing
> > will be disabled, unless an in-line editing option is set by one of the
> > configuration files read when the shell is invoked, or is set
> > explicitly by the user.

> Using the ksh93 tarball provided by the ksh93-integration project, this 
> appears to not be true.  Without the provided ksh.kshrc present, it 
> defaults to vi-style editing.

with all of the
	{ profile rc $ENV $EDITOR $HISTEDIT $VISUAL $FCEDIT }
files/env-vars flying around one must be wary of absolutes

try
	env - path-to-ksh93 --norc
	set -o
and you should see all edit modes off

-- Glenn Fowler -- AT&T Research, Florham Park NJ --