Bug#305529: bsh: command line history would be most helpful

[Wolfgang Baer]

Charles Fry wrote:
> Package: bsh
> Version: 1.3.0-2
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> I would find a command line history in bsh to be most helpful, even if
> it were very primitive. Something like being able to use the up and down
> arrow keys to scroll through previous commands would be very nice. :-)

Hi,

this is already possible using the xbsh command. In the normal not gui
bsh shell you are right, it would be nice :-)

Theres a way via libreadline-java to provide such functionality. If you
are an experienced user or developer you can try yourself :-) There is
a example/patch for bsh in the source of the libreadline-java package
under contrib/bsh. I haven't tested it myself - but if I find some
time I will try and test it.

Regards,

Wolfgang