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authorJoshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>2004-01-20 20:20:34 +0300
committerJoshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>2004-01-20 20:20:34 +0300
commit69c7680cf75d6fe6059373220d8dcfd6e043a577 (patch)
treeeb0c9d04ce2637a51e68c7e6d79a1141e7cf9e37 /winsup/doc/how-using.texinfo
parentfb69e3ed46c312023e57d5f2a84efa4afc13caaf (diff)
2004-01-20 Joshua Daniel Franklin <joshuadfranklin@yahoo.com>
* Makefile.in: Remove unused cygwin-ug and cygwin-api-int targets from default build. * how-using.texinfo: Add information about 8-bit character display to FAQ. * setup2.sgml: Add information about 8-bit character display to "Setting up Cygwin".
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@@ -325,7 +325,15 @@ add the following lines to your @code{~/.inputrc} file:
@end example
These are options to the @code{readline} library, which you can read
-about in the @code{bash(1)} man page.
+about in the @code{bash(1)} and @code{readline(3)} man pages. Other
+tools that do not use @code{readline} for display, such as
+less and ls, require additional settings, which could be put in your
+@code{~/.bashrc}:
+@example
+alias less='/bin/less -r'
+alias ls='/bin/ls -F --color=tty --show-control-chars'
+@end example
+
@subsection Why don't cursor keys work under Win95/Win98?