Command ($ or #) line; smart completion?

[Tony Nelson]

At 2:12 AM -0600 11/29/05, Berna Massingill wrote:
>On Mon, Nov 28, 2005 at 04:18:29PM -0500, Nat Gross wrote:
>
>>>  On 11/28/05, Peter Gordon <admin at ramshacklestudios.com> wrote:
>>>  > Nat Gross:
>>>  > > 1. Typing a partial command that exists in history, hit <F8>, and the
>>>  > > command either gets completed (if unique string), or a little menu is
>>>  > > presented.
>>>  > I've read that you can achieve something similar to this by using the
>>>  > PgUp/PgDn keys with GNU Bash, but I've not tried it all.
>>>  I see now that the Pg keys do something, but cant figure what its doing.
>
>Neither can I.  But the up and down arrow keys will move you up and
>down in the command history, which may be what you wanted anyway.

In bash readline, Page Up and Page Down move to the beginning and end of
command history.  The end is blank, unless you are part way through typing
a command.  All is explained in man bash, under readline.  All.  In
gruesome detail.

 ...
>About delete and backspace (mentioned in a later post) ....  Yeah,
>this can be a can of worms.  You *might* find something useful in
>the "keyboard how-to" (Google for Linux and "keyboard how-to").

Umm, if I understand the question, Backspace and Delete work right for me.
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