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is it just me?
Authored by: nvdingo on Aug 27, '02 02:11:03PM

the cursor doesn't visually update when you try to move to the left on the command line, if the window is split.

any type of command line editing that involves moving the cursor to the left, does not 'visually' update the cursor, at least on my system.
typing any of the following:
left-arrow, ctrl-a,esc-b should move the cursor to the left by one character, the beginning of the line, or one word respectively. And it does, it just won't show you.

As soon as you hit the right arrow after any of those editing commands, the cursor appears one character to the right of where you expected it to be. Obviously, you have to hit the left-arrow more than once to really see the difference, but try it with ctrl-a.

if the window is not split, this issue is moot.

personally, i use 2 windows when i really want to keep track of what is going on, by using this tip from UnixGuru.com:
DEMO TO MULTIPLE TERMINALS

Ever want to show multiple
people what you are doing in
a shell.

In the shell doing the demo
type:

% csh -i |& tee /tmp/demo
or
$ csh -i 2>&1 | tee /tmp/demo

In the other shells that are
going to watch the demo type:

% tail -f /tmp/demo


That's it!
========

it works with two open terminal windows, I like them side by side instead of one on top of the other like the window split.



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Might just be you...
Authored by: robg on Aug 27, '02 03:25:05PM

I just tested the cursor movement, and it works fine. All the codes work, the arrow keys work, and the cursor is at the proper position. 10.2 on a G4/350...

-rob.



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