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  From: Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@sa.pracom.com.au>
  To  : David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 09:45:12 +0930 (CST)

Re: Bash and Vi Mode

uh... have you actually tried typing "set -o vi" in bash on linux?
I'll presume you have, although i don't understand why it didn't work - i
just tried it 5 seconds ago and it worked for me.

However, the "correct" way to set your readline editor mode is by editting
the inputrc or .inputrc file (depending on whether you want to change the
system-wide defaults, or override them locally for your user"

the shell manual, as always, would have provided this information, and more.


TC

On Tue, 29 May 2001, David Lloyd wrote:

>
> Under the default shell that one gets (as a user) in FreeBSD 4.2 one can
> do:
>
> % set -o vi
>
> And you get a vi emulation mode (where $ takes you to the end of the
> line, you have command modes and such). Is there any way to convince the
> default shell (bash) in Linux (specifically RH 7.1) to do the same
> thing?
>
> DSL
>
>

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