Ahh ... found something -- something of a bug in RH6.x that didn't
exist in RH5.x or 4.x.
If anyone's interested:
http://linuxwww.db.erau.edu/mail_archives/redhat-devel-list/May_99/0112.html
basically, the /etc/inputrc in RH6x contains some extra stuff that screws
up set -o vi. The suggested fix was to use a $HOME/.inputrc with just:
set input-meta on
set convert-meta off
set output-meta on
and strip out the newer stuff. You'd use this instead of /etc/inputrc
by setting a user-specific $INPUTRC value in your .bash_profile:
INPUTRC=$HOME/.inputrc
export INPUTRC
jeff
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On Thu, 17 Feb 2000, Olmy wrote:
>
> I'm having a rather curious problem and wondered if anyone had some input:
>
> I can set -o vi at the bash prompt and will get correct functioning
> of the shell, shell editor environment, and history viewing/editing (as
> per the vi-like shell editing option).
>
> Further, I can add set -o vi to my .bashrc and manually source the
> config file (. .bashrc) and will also get correct shell behaviour.
>
> However, if I leave that set -o vi in the rc file, log out and log
> back in, I lose my history viewing/editing capability.
>
> A diff of the output from set, set -o, and env under each shell
> configuration doesn't turn up any obvious culprits. Last, $HISTCMD,
> $HISTFILE, $HISTFILESIZE, $HISTSIZE all exist under both configurations --
> and problems there would have should up in comparative diffs of the env
> output in each shell.
>
> I get the same behaviour with the rhcn bash-2 rpm.
>
> Any suggestions?
>
> jeff
>
>
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