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

[Richard Lowe]

Darren J Moffat wrote:
> Joseph Kowalski wrote:
>> Look, I'm not going to lie down on the tracks over this.  Do any other
>> PSARC members feel uncomfortable over shipping a stylistic choice?  If
>> not, I'll just go away and sulk.  8^)
> 
> In ksh and zsh my CLI edit mode of choice is 'vi'  however I think that 
> this case is goodness over all for OpenSolaris distributions and Solaris 
> in particular.
> 
> I support it even though it is not my personal choice of edit mode.
> 

[obvious caveat, I'm not a member]

My concern isn't about which is the default, but about whether the 
default is pushed in this way at all.

However, having spent the last several hours trying to come up with a 
better solution, and failing.  I think I can support this too.

(I do still harbour some concern regarding any future ksh(1) or sh(1) 
migration, however, but that's another case).

  -- Rich