Windows vs Linux [was: p2exe using wine/cxoffice]

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Tim Golden wrote:
> As it happens, (and I suspect I'll have to don my flameproof suit here),
> I prefer the Windows command line to bash/readline for day-to-day use,
> including in Python. Why? Because it does what I can't for the life of
> me get readline to do: you can type the first few letters of a
> previously-entered command and press F8. This brings up (going backwards
>
> with further presses) the last command which starts like that. And
> *then*
> you can just down-arrow to retrieve the commands which followed it.
> If someone can tell me how to do this with bash/readline I will be
> indebted to them and it will increase my chances of switching to Linux
> a bit! (Although not at work where I have no choice!)
I use XP as my main desktop(because of many fine details) then VNC/X
into my linux box. But command line in Windows is in no way in the same
league as *nix shell. Use <tab> for command completion and up/down
arrow or <ctrl-R> to search for history.
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