[NTLUG:Discuss] interestign feature in Suse 8.2

[MadHat]

On Mon, 2003-10-06 at 08:33, Alton R. Pouncey, II wrote:
> All,
> 
> This morning, I was going to view a postscript file via ghostview using
> the following syntax:
> 
> > ghostview fb100602.ps
> 
> and the shell came back with this:
>  
> CORRECT>kghostview fb100602.ps  (y|n|e|a)?
> 
> so, I hit 'y' and kghostview fires up and I am able to read the file.
> 
> My question is: how does this "autocorrection" occur?  I'm assuming (not
> always a good idea) that this behavior is built into the shell.  If so,
> where do I find out how this is done, so I can recreate it in other
> shells on other systems.  
> 
> I am using tcsh.  According to rpm, this belongs to the package
> tcsh-6.12.00-143.  Is it how the /bin/tcsh binary was written that
> causes this behavior or can I modify the behavior in a dot file
> somewhere on the system?

It is a feature of tcsh now.  This was added some time back, but I
stopped using tcsh some time back as well.  the a option sets up an
alias so anytime you type that it will point to the same thing.  Take a
look at "man tcsh" and search for "autocorrect" and "spelling
correction".

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