[Coco] MM1 programmes

[KnudsenMJ at aol.com]

In a message dated 11/13/03 9:48:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
bdevries at gil.com.au writes:

> > 3. What do I do to get the shell to remember its command line history, and
>  > enable the up/down arrows to retrieve it?
>  
>  I suspect I must have been using Microware's MSHELL, but that seems to be
>  lost now.

On my MM/1, my startup file starts up 5 or 6 windows, each with a shell 
running in it.  All but one are the standard Microware shell (pretty primitive), 
but the last window is a darned good copy of a real UNIX shell (probably cshell, 
not the kshell I used at work).  But it lets you write iterative loops, and 
yes it has the EMACS-like command memory for ^P and ^N (up and down).  

I keep wondering why I didn't start that shell up in ALL the windows.  Maybe 
because my scripts were written for the brain-dead MW shell?  Well, at least 
the MW shell has wild cards.

Anyway, I can check my Startup file for the name of this shell, then copy it 
off of CMDS and send it to whoever wants it.  Along whit the latest UME.

BTW, I don't know where that UNIX shell came from -- it was on my first MM/1 
prototype as received from Kevin Pease, who used OS/K at work and had access 
to lots of goodies, including the MW C debugger (which I never learned to use).

Though I've never, ever, seen OddJob.  Heard that I didn't miss much :-)
--Mike K.