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getting the previous command
Hello all

I'm on SunOS5.9 and I'm trying to make the arrow keys work as in DOS ..get the previous command , etc .. I searched this site and got an answer. I pasted the following code to my .kshrc file in my home directory...It still does not seem to work ...Am I missing anything here ?

I'm using Ksh ....

added the following lines to the bottom of your .kshrc file in my $HOME directory:

set -o emacs
alias __A=$(print '\0020') # ^P = up = previous command
alias __B=$(print '\0016') # ^N = down = next command
alias __C=$(print '\0006') # ^F = right = forward a character
alias __D=$(print '\0002') # ^B = left = back a character
alias __H=$(print '\0001') # ^A = home = beginning of line


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pspresent

PSPRESENT(1)						      General Commands Manual						      PSPRESENT(1)

NAME

       pspresent - fullscreen PostScript presentation tool

SYNOPSIS

       pspresent [options] file.ps

DESCRIPTION

       pspresent is a tool that displays PostScript slides in fullscreen, for giving presentations.  Navigation is simple, and the display is dou-
       ble-buffered for seamless transitions between slides.  The actual rendering is done in the background using Ghostscript.

OPTIONS

       -h     Show summary of options.

       -o     Do not override window manager.  pspresent will attempt to disable decorations and resize itself to the size of the screen, but will
	      otherwise co-operate with your window manager (which may mean that it is not truly fullscreen).

       -s     Limit pspresent to only use the given head on a XINERAMA display.

       -O Portrait|Landscape|Upside-Down|Seascape
	      Override orientation.

       -l     Loop mode; go to start of document when at end, and vice versa.

       -t[delay]
	      Automatic slideshow mode. The delay is optional, the default value is 20 seconds.

       -Tfile Automatic slideshow mode. The file contains one integer value per line, corresponding to the delay between the current slide and the
	      next one. You must put a value for each page of your document (count overlays, too). A value of 0 will disable  the  timer  for  the
	      current slide.

COMMANDS

       The following keys can be used from within pspresent to navigate the slides.  If Shift is depressed, then only the last page of each series
       of overlays is shown (an overlay set is identified as a series of pages with the same logical page number).

       spacebar

       page down

       right arrow

       down arrow
	      Move to the next slide.  If Shift is depressed, skips overlays.

       backspace

       page up

       left arrow

       up arrow
	      Move to the previous slide.  If Shift is depressed, skips overlays.

       home   Warp to the start of the presentation.

       end    Warp to the end of the preesentation.

       number enter Warp to slide number.

       escape

       q      Quit the program.

       The mouse buttons can also be used to navigate through a presentation.

       left button
	      Move to the next slide.

       middle button
	      Quit the program.

       right button
	      Move to the previous slide.

       If Shift is used together together with the navigation keys or buttons, then only the last page of each series of  overlays  is	shown  (an
       overlay set is identified as a series of pages with the same logical page number).

AUTHOR

       pspresent was written by Matt Chapman <matthewc@cse.unsw.edu.au>

       This manual page was originally written by Jamie Wilkinson <jaq@debian.org>.

								 January 24, 2005						      PSPRESENT(1)