Re: [nail-devel] Command- and filename expansion

[Bob T. <rd...@cs...>]

 >|I usually run mailx inside the ile (Input Line Editor) program, 
 >|which gets me tab completion for local filenames and commands.  That is, 
 >|I alias mail to 'ile mailx'.  Ile collects each line of input in a 
 >|buffer as you type it and doesn't send anything through to mailx until 
 >|you hit <return>.  While your input is still in the ile buffer, you can 
 >|edit it with the usual control characters, e.g., tab and arrow keys.
 >|It's completely transparent - the only way  you can tell you are in ile 
 >|is that the editing keys work the way you want them to.  It's even got a 
 >|history mechanism, so you can go back and repeat previous commands, or 
 >|go back to them and fix typos, rather than having to type everything 
 >|over again.  Just like a bash shell, in other words.

Could we have a link for ile (Input Line Editor) please?  The usual places
don't seem to know about it.

Bob T.