> On 19 Sep 2017, at 01:30, Simon Thelen <gentoo-u...@c-14.de> wrote: >> >> Is it possible to set this for all users, please, so that this edit >> mode is used for root? > Readline is customized by putting commands in an initialization file > (the inputrc file). The name of this file is taken from the value of the > INPUTRC environment variable. If that variable is unset, the default is > ~/.inputrc. If that file does not exist or cannot be read, the ultimate > default is /etc/inputrc. > >> I find that my pager and editor are set in /etc/env.d/99pager and >> /etc/env.d/99editor respectively, but creating a >> /etc/env.d/99bashlineediting file containing "set -o vi" doesn't seem >> to work. > Either "set-editing-mode vi" in /etc/inputrc for all readline programs > or in /etc/bash/bashrc (for bash-only)
I looked at /etc/inputrc, and its existing contents are of a different format. Where all the other lines are of the form: "\eOH": beginning-of-line "\eOF": end-of-line it felt a bit wrong to be adding "set-editing-mode vi". Hence me asking here. Is it foolish of me to think this? Stroller.
