You probably don't want to do that cause ESC is used when in vi to change
modes in preparation for saving and exiting. One usually 'turns on' vi by
typing "vi <the file you want to edit or the new file you want to create>".
Then type an "a" to change it to insert mode (or what I think of as edit
mode). Do your thing. Then esc : w (to save) q (to quit). This is what's
considered normal I suppose. That's all esc will do for me, and j & k scroll
through the file, just as the arrow keys do. Also, I wouldn't be messing
around in that .bashrc file too much. HTHS.
-s
On Tuesday 13 March 2001 10:30 am, you wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>
> I have Mandrake 7.2 installed, using the Gnome interface (although my
> problem also exists with KDE) but pledge no allegence, and cannot get the
> 'normal' fc behavior to work. By normal, I mean: when pressing the ESC
> key, it should enter the vi editing mode and allow j / k to scroll through
> the command history. It does not.
>
>
> in my .bashrc file in my login directory, I have:
>
>
> set -o vi
>
>
> export FCEDIT=/bin/vi
>
>
> is there something that I need to put in my .inputrc file so that the ESC
> will 'invoke' vi ?
>
>
> Thanks for any help!
>
>
>
>
>
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