While I finally bit the bullet and learned (somewhat) how to use vi, I think using it as the command editor is overkill. The emacs keys for recalling commands and moving forward and back on the line are much more amenable to key bindings. I do:
set -o emacs and set up arrow to CTRL-p, down arrow to CTRL-n, left arrow to CTRL-b, right arrow to CTRL-f If delete or backspace aren't working, CTRL-d will do delete. Of course, just using the CTRL combinations works too and if you find yourself at a prompt, it doesn't hurt to try them out. :) Mark Pace wrote: > > in /etc/profile I added > set -o vi > and then I can do <esc> k to recall previous commands. Now if I can figure > out how to change the keyboard in PuTTY to send an <esc>k for the up arrow. > > On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:03 AM, Klein, Kenneth <kenneth.kl...@kyfb.com>wrote: > > > And when you find that Mark, please post it. I have been looking for > > that for weeks. > > > > > > Ken Klein > > Sr. Systems Programmer > > Kentucky Farm Bureau Insurance - Louisville > > kenneth.kl...@kyfb.com > > 502-495-5000 x7011 > > > -- > Mark Pace > Mainline Information Systems > 1700 Summit Lake Drive > Tallahassee, FL. 32317 -- Don Poitras - zSeries R & D - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive mailto:sas...@sas.com (919)531-5637 Fax:677-4444 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
