Bash question/problem.
I'v been fighting a bash problem since I first installed bo. I figured
it was a bug in bash, but I've now upgraded (partially) to hamm and I've
still got it. I'm running
ii bash 2.01.1-4 The GNU Bourne Again SHell
I'm trying to get my command recall to work in vi mode for root. When I
hit the up arrow on the keyboard, it does recall the line, but I can't
edit it. The right and left keys don't move, but beep at me. The hjkl
keys just insert hjkl into the file. Thinking it was in an edit mode, I
tried the ESC key followed by h, j, k or l. Nope, just beeped at me.
I've tried setting my FCEDIT=vi, set -o vi, EDITOR=vi. Nothing seems to
work. I'm at my wits end on this. If I invoke bash as a normal user (I
use tcsh normally) the arrow keys don't work, but ESC-k recalls previous
lines (and ESC-j does as expected) and I can move around on the line
with h and l. The i key does inserts, cw changes a word, r and R work
fine, etc. So bash knows how, but doesn't work right for root.
Actually neither work quite the way I want them to. I'd like for the
arrow keys to work and the intraline editing.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks,
Jim.
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