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  From: Toby Corkindale <tjcorkin@sa.pracom.com.au>
  To  : David Lloyd <lloy0076@rebel.net.au>
  Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 09:29:40 +0930 (CST)

Re: Bash and Vi Mode

"if" is a conditional, not a set...

it won't change the value of mode, it just decides whether to execute the
following branch of code based on the existing value of 'mode'

RTFM bash(1) - its worth it, you'll understand how the keymapping works

TC

On Wed, 30 May 2001, David Lloyd wrote:

>
> Anthony and Tony!
>
> > Ahh Im told that it should actually be in .inputrc and that some distros
> > set it to emacs in .inputrc so that if you put it in .bashrc it may not
> > work as it gets set back from .inputrc.
>
> Hmmm....
>
> [root]# set -o vi
>
> Did work. I couldn't have been pressing enough [esc] so I could test
> command mode out. However, I have found:
>
> [root]# cat /etc/inputrc | grep emacs
> $if mode=emacs
>
> Which I suspect is putting me into emacs mode (1).
>
> DSL
>
> (1)
> uuugh
>
>

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