Re: How to use bash 2.01-5 vi-style line editing

[Joost Kooij <kooij@mpn.cp.philips.com>]

On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Kingsley G. Morse Jr. wrote:

> Has anyone found a way to use vi-style line editing in the 2.01-5 version
> of bash?
> 
> When I do a 
> 
>     $ set -o vi
>     $ <esc>k
> 
> to recall the last command, I just get a "beep" instead of the last
> command. Has anyone found a way to use vi-style line editing in the 2.01-5
> version of bash?

put this in your $HOME/.inputrc:

set editing-mode vi
set keymap vi

Or, if your a real vidiot, put it in /etc/inputrc - the global inputrc for
libreadline. See readline(3readline) and `info readline' for more
information. 

Cheers,


Joost



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