>> Ahmon Dancy wrote:
>> >>>What can I do to make backspace work in an alisp that's started from a
>> >>>Linux shell? If I hit backspace I get ^H, and if I hit delete I get
>> >>>^[[3~. Similarly, the cursor keys don't work.
>> > Use the following command after starting the shell:
>> > stty erase ^h
>> 
>> Thanks, that makes backspace work. What about delete, left arrow, and
>> right arrow?
>> 
>> Also, it'd be really great if cursor keys worked like they do in bash
>> (i.e., up arrow steps backwards through command history).
>> 
>> In other words, I want GNU readline. :)

You might want to consider using emacs.